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Few saw this Umayyad v Alawites quickly switch to Umayyad v Druze.
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Make no mistake about it. While few want to admit it, religious and sectarian affiliation reigns supreme above all else . #Syria.
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Once words are used to dehumanize any group or sect, ugly violence usually follows.
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#Syria is a cocktail and basket case of sectarianism, ignorance, tribalism and poverty all wrapped in one.
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History is filled with tectonic shifts in power that last multiple decades. The rise and fall of Communist Soviet Union was one. What is happening in the Middle East now is no different. We are likely witnessing the fall and disintegration of the axis of resistance in real time
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The Assads ultimately paid the price of sticking to a play book and a manual that had long been in the process of hitting its expiry date only to accelerate and crash once Sinwar made his move as described here only days after Assad fell from power.
Syrians are still both shocked & mesmerized by the events of this month . How can a 54 year-old rule have such an abrupt closing chapter? . This account was created to help shed light on the key events that led to Dec 8 & the departure of Assad . Key insiders have come forward to
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This is not to say that Assad was embracing an anti #Israel stand only as an act to bolster his standing to a majority Sunni population. What is certain however is how every decision and alliance that he or his son later made was built on whether those allies were also anti
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The Sunni majority of #Syria ‘s population was never keen on a minority Alawite like Assad taking over power by 1970. Indeed, hardly a decade later there would be a full blown armed insurrection against his regime led by the Moslem Brothers . Being a minority and climbing to.
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