Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 16, 2024 (AFP) - In Syria's Alawite area, joy at Assad fall but fear of Islamism

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2024-12-16

In the Assad clan's former heartland of Latakia, many in the toppled president's Alawite minority are relieved that his iron-clad rule has come to an end. But they fear marginalisation -- and even worse, reprisals -- from the Islamist-led rebels who overthrew him. The alliance spearheaded by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which seized Damascus and ousted Bashar al-Assad on December 8 after a lightning offensive, has sought to reassure......

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