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March 25, 2025

Syria’s Descent into Sectarian Infighting

How followers of an esoteric, syncretistic religion became the country’s rulers and scapegoats.

On Saturday, Israeli jets struck two military airbases in Syria, part of an ongoing attempt to prevent the war-torn country from again becoming a strategic threat. Kyle Orton, having recently visited Syria, provides some important background to the most recent upheavals, and specifically the attacks by members of the Sunni Arab majority on followers of the Alawite faith:

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March 25, 2025

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