Syria's Alawites Face Revenge for Assad Era

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Following the regime change in Syria, the Alawite minority, privileged under dictator Bashar al-Assad, has faced persecution and murder. Women from the community who were kidnapped told the BBC that they were humiliated, beaten and raped by their captors. They say the authorities are refusing to properly investigate the cases. Damascus says most of the abductions were fake.