The Alawites caught between revenge and a new Syria: “They were our own countrymen.”
(www.thenewhumanitarian.org)
from Mee@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 16:18
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from Mee@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 16:18
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Weeks after a wave of retaliatory violence is believed to have killed more than 1,000 people – including some 800 civilians – Alawites in the religious minority’s Syrian coastal heartland are still reeling from the scale and brutality of the killings, and wondering what the events mean for hopes of a peaceful new country.
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Thankfully, like 7K Alawites have taken refuge in a Russian airbase. Russian forces are expanding their control outside the base to create a buffer zone to protect the people there and Commander of the Russian Forces in Syria, General Yuryevich stated weeks ago that:
“If HTS convoys approach Khmeimim, we will turn them into ashes. We are monitoring the situation closely.”