Author: Maxim Othman

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Syria’s Growing Risk Of Religious Violence Between Sunnis And Alawites Of Assad Regime

FARAH ARABI KATBI holds a sign with photos of her friends as Syrians take part in a Day of Mourning for lost loved ones at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
A demonstrator holds a sign with photos of her friends as Syrians take part in a Day of Mourning for lost loved ones at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Carol Guzy/ZUMA

It appears that Syria’s new rulers, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, are refusing to respond to the social and political demands of former President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority, risking a sectarian conflict in the war-torn country.

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