Tag: Alawites
Just as Christians took up arms, so did Alawites. Indeed, I am close to some Alawite fighters who fought alongside the army. These individuals were not fans of Assad and were critical of many of his government’s policies.
The atrocities unfolding on Syria’s coast and elsewhere mark one of modern history’s most horrific sectarian crimes.
The situation in northwestern Syria continues to spiral out of control this weekend, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been surging forces into the Alawite homelands in the Latakia and Tartus Governorates, clashing with Alawite militias and slaughtering civilians.
Though von der Leyen, Jolani and those other flawed specimens of humanity must answer for their own crimes, so also must we answer for our own sins of omission and commission.
