Syria's Sharaa calls for peace as communal violence against Alawites continues

Issued on: 09/03/2025 - 14:50Modified: 09/03/2025 - 14:57

Syrian war monitor says more than a thousand people have been killed during days of fighting between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad. The violence erupted on Thursday across the Latakia and Tartus provinces, areas predominantly inhabited by the ethno-religious Alawite minority to which al-Assad belongs. For some analysis, we welcome Ziad Majed, Professor of Political Science at the American University of Paris.

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