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Syria's Alawites: Searching for a place in a post-Assad era

Representatives of the former Syrian president's minority group are torn between relief, fear, and apprehension.

Syria's Alawites: Searching for a place in a post-Assad era

Syrians walk past a monument bearing the Independence Era flag in the western Syrian port city of Latakia on Dec. 15, 2024. (Credit: Ozan Kose/AFP)

Since her birth in Assad's Syria, Nour* has kept her opinions on the former ruling clan to herself. “I haven’t spoken out all these years. I don’t see why I should now,” she said. While the Alawite community she belongs to recently celebrated the...
Since her birth in Assad's Syria, Nour* has kept her opinions on the former ruling clan to herself. “I haven’t spoken out all these years. I don’t see why I should now,” she said. While the Alawite community she belongs to recently celebrated the...