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Will Sectarian Groups Get Along in a New Syria?

Will Sectarian Groups Get Along in a New Syria?
Will Sectarian Groups Get Along in a New Syria?

2024-12-17 01:00:17 - From: NPR


As the future of Syria begins to emerge, one minority group is particularly fearful about how they'll be treated. The Alawites feel like they were mistreated by now-deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad, but because he was a member of that sect, they are also unfairly tied to him in the minds of other Syrians. We go to an Alawite neighborhood of Damascus to hear their concerns.