Violence against Alawites was enormous in March, when government-backed forces and some security forces carried out a massacre in the Tartus and Latakia Governorates, killing in excess of 1,300 Alawites, mostly civilians. The violence has lingered since then, but hadn’t reached the same fevered pitch seen then. The situation may be worsening this week, however, […]

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