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…ns in the street," one source tells me. "The soldiers had refused to fire on marchers. They were killed by men from the Alawite minority to which Assad belongs." Two of the three soldiers shot have been identified as Muhammad Awadh Qanbar and Murad Hajoo, who died in Maddiyah. A...

…ns in the street," one source tells me. "The soldiers had refused to fire on marchers. They were killed by men from the Alawite minority to which Assad belongs." Two of the three soldiers shot have been identified as Muhammad Awadh Qanbar and Murad Hajoo, who died in Maddiyah. A...

… regime is in imminent danger of collapse. The reasons are fairly straightforward. The al Assad clan belongs to Syria's Alawite minority, who only 40 years ago were living under the thumb of the country's majority Sunni population. Four decades in power is not a long time, and ve...

20 even Alawite predominance, would never survive a system shaped by free elections, the rule of law, and the existence of independent media. The New York Times interviews were made possible by the deep uneasiness in the Obama administration with moves that might destabilize th...

…e. But Syrian sources caution that the battlefield advances may accelerate movement toward a breakup of the country, as Alawite supporters of the regime retreat to their ancestral homeland in the northwestern region around Latakia. And there's no sign that either Assad or his Rus...

…me to fruition whether we go in or don’t go in, therefore we should go in and impact the outcome. Reach out to KSA and Alawites. Don’t dither over analysis. Zalikow. Arms assistance can be had elsewhere. More interesting is to supply things that we are uniquely able to suppl...

…. Ignatius We need to speak to Syrian people to let them know we are active. Population movements towards sanctuaries (Alawite sanctuaries, Sunni Sanctuaries etc.) will trigger atrocities. Kahl. The fall of Assad may cause Iran to increase their nuke efforts. Do not lose focus...

…e. But Syrian sources caution that the battlefield advances may accelerate movement toward a breakup of the country, as Alawite supporters of the regime retreat to their ancestral homeland in the northwestern region around Latakia. And there’s no sign that either Assad or his Rus...

…that’s dominated by a small minority — the Ba’ath Party. To make matters worse, the Ba’ath is dominated by the Nusairi (Alawite) religious minority, a mere 5 percent of the population. Thus, Syria’s is a nationwide revolution against a minority regime. Almost all Syrians agree th...