crimes." Security forces intervened to end the confrontation, firing warning shots into the air to disperse the crowds. Also on 9 March, activists in the mainly-Druze

this reason, Alawites are also called Nusayris, although this term can be considered derogatory in the present day. Surveys suggest Alawites represent an

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targeting of Alawites was justified by the conflation of "regime remnants" with Alawite people in general, as the Assad family are themselves Alawites, had favored

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killing of four Alawite construction workers in Jardin, Hama Province on 28 September. On 25 November, a protest by two hundred Alawites in Latakia called

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lenient towards Shia Muslims and Alawites. The same day, it claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 12 Alawites in Arzah, and its fighters attacked

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had improved between the rural Alawites and urban Sunnis. This was partly due to Ottoman efforts to bring the Alawites into the Muslim fold and void pretexts

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"6: Alawites: To Power and the Unknown". Minorities in the Middle East (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-7864-1375-1. 'Alawite religious

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(link) Rosen, Nir. "Assad's Alawites: The guardians of the throne". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 8 January 2017. Syria's Alawites: The People Behind Assad Archived

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December 2025. "Syria: Security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 18

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population of 811 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10. "Al-Qaeda-linked

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