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Who are the Alawites?
Shia
religious group, centred in Syria (3 million, 12% of total Syrian population).
The al-Assad family, running Syria since 1970, are Alawite.
Approx. 700,000 in Turkey and 110,000 in northern Lebanon.
2011
How is Syria’s Assad managing to cling to power? (Jan 5, 2015)
Is the Syrian Civil War Sectarian? (Jan 5, 2015)
What is Hezbollah? →
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