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The Alarming Fragility of Post-Assad Syria
SYRIA, JUL 23 – More than 1,300 Alawites have been killed in sectarian violence driven by political resentment and weak governance, with Druze minorities also targeted amid ongoing conflict.
- Last week, Sweida province saw clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Arab forces backed by government-affiliated troops, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
- Amid fractured governance, weak central control and deep political resentment have created fertile ground for targeted violence against Alawites in post-Assad Syria.
- Entire families were summarily executed and militias affiliated with the newly formed government in Damascus carried out indiscriminate killings, while March 2025 massacres featured sectarian hate speech calling for extermination.
- The key difference was Israeli support for the Druze and U.S. ceasefire efforts, and Israel later launched dozens of airstrikes in support of the Druze.
- Experts warn violence is likely to spread to Christians amid Syria’s sectarian chaos, especially after Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rise to power post-Assad, indicating broader minority risks.
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In the Heart of Berlin: Hundreds Celebrate Massacres of Druze
In front of Berlin’s Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall), the seat of the city’s mayor, nearly 400 men—many of them reportedly Syrian refugees—publicly celebrated the recent massacres committed against the Druze community in Syria. Eyewitnesses report that chants included “Out with the Druze!” and “Today we liberate Suweida, we will break the Druze,” along with calls for rape, murder, and ethnic cleansing. Although 65 police officers were present at t…
Syrian Sectarian Strife Threatens to Upend Post-Assad Transition
Almost eight months since Bashar Al-Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s postwar recovery — the new leader’s failure to forge national unity.
For more than ten days, the province of Sueida, in southern Syria, has been the scene of one of the worst episodes of confessional violence since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. Hundreds of Druze civilians have been killed, and threats are now spreading far beyond the south. In Latakia, on the Syrian coast, Druze students are hiding, targeted on their own campuses.
Syrian commission of inquiry releases report on mass killings in Alawite regions
The identities of 1,426 victims of the massacres committed in March have been confirmed, and a 'provisional' list of 298 suspects has been drawn up. Yet NGOs fear that the absence of any charges brought against military leaders will lead to a cycle of vengeance and impunity.
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