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Bookmark or Share- Primer on the Alawites in Syria - Foreign Policy Research InstituteA mainstream Shia country like Iran openly supporting a “heretical” Syrian Alawite regime along religious ideology seems suspect given the underlying theme of Alawite rejection that has consistently unfolded for years.
- Alawite State - WikipediaThe Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين, Dawlat Jabal al-‘Alawiyyīn; French: État des Alaouites), initially named the Territory of the Alawites (French: territoire des Alaouites), after the locally-dominant Alawites from its inception until its integration to the Syrian Federation in 1922, was a French mandate territory ...
- Alawites and the Fate of Syria - OriginsAlawites are adherents of a syncretistic belief with close affinity to Shi'ite Islam and, importantly, the Assad family is Alawite. But despite their crucial role in the unfolding struggles in Syria, they are little known outside the region.
- Alawites - WikipediaAlawites, considered disbelievers by classical Sunni and Shi'ite theologians, faced periods of subjugation or persecution under various Muslim empires such as the Ottomans, Abbasids, Mamluks, and others. The establishment of the French Mandate of Syria in 1920 marked a turning point in Alawite history.
- The Alawites: An Exclusive Insight Into Their Beliefs and Practices ...The Alawites are a religious minority that lives mostly on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. Elite Alawites have been the dominating force in the Syrian government throughout the Assad family’s rule of the country, though most of the Alawite population lives in poverty.
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