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World News in Brief: Deadly China quake, Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, CAR rights defenders, finance and food crises
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is profoundly saddened by the devastating loss of life caused by the earthquake that ...
Bashar al-Assad Exploited Alawites’ Fear
Supporting Assad, himself an Alawite, was a matter not of loyalty or politics for this community, the regime insisted, but of ...
Syria's Alawites fear retribution under the new regime, given former Assad ties
How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, will be some kind of litmus test of whether the takeover of Damascus ...
Alawites live in fear as Syrian rebels hunt members of Assad’s regime
Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.
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In Syria, a once-privileged Muslim sect is now targeted and afraid
Alawites in Syria are facing a violent backlash, stoking fears of wider sectarian instability in a divided Syria after the fall of the Assad regime.
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...
The Times of Israel19d
Once the power holders under Assad, Syria’s Alawites now fear for their fates
Deposed leader's minority sect now gripped by uncertainty and worry over reprisals from country's other 90%, amid looming risk of Muslim extremism ...
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Alawites targeted as HTS launch crackdown on Homs
Sham (HTS) terrorist group has launched a crackdown on a minority group in Homs after recent protests against HTS who seized ...
Yahoo News19d
As thousands celebrate al-Assad's fall, Syrian Alawites remain cautious
As thousands celebrate the ousting of President Bashar Al-Assad in Umayyad Square in central Damascus every day, many Syrian ...