So this is the future that the US and the rest of the West had in store for the Syrians?
Is this also the future they have in store for the Kurds too, by pushing for the disarmament of the SDF?
"Circulating footage of the chaos in Homs, where armed Bedouins are opening fire, and breaking and burning properties, shops, and cars." - The Cradle
According to multiple reports from Sham TV’s correspondent in Homs, government-aligned armed groups from the Bani Khalid Bedouins launched a violent attack on the predominantly Alawite Al-Muhajireen neighborhood on Sunday morning, firing weapons at civilians and causing significant material damage to homes, shops, and parked vehicles. - The Cradle
Just wow!
The #UK government removed the terrorism designation for #HTS, the same organization that in the past 8 months committed two genocidal attempts in the Syrian coastal region, and in #Sweyda; the same organization that DAILY commits dozens of murders, abductions, forced evictions and rape against the #Alawites community.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk-removes-terrorism-designation-syrias-hts-2025-10-21/
The #UK government also hands down terrorism charges against its own people for the mere expression of support for #PalestineAction.
“How #MI6 Built #Syria's #Extremist #Police”
by Kit Klarenberg in Global Delinquents on Substack
“Fast forward to today, & courtesy of #HTS, the British-created #FSP [Free Syria Police] is now Syria’s national police force. Ever since #Assad’s fall, they have acted accordingly, brutally repressing internal dissent, while standing by as the new government’s militants massacre #Alawites and other #religious #minorities in the country”
https://open.substack.com/pub/kitklarenberg/p/how-mi6-built-syrias-extremist-police
"Although the report confirmed the scale of the killings, it framed the story as beginning on 6 March, when Assad loyalists launched an attack, killing security personnel. But to start the story then is to ignore the reasons those who had surrendered and welcomed a new government had taken up arms again."
‘We were tricked’
Loubna Mrie on the Syrian #Alawites
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n14/loubna-mrie/we-were-tricked
Syrian forces massacred 1,500 #Alawites. The chain of command led to Damascus. | Reuters
> A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres following an Assad loyalist insurgency. The chain of command led from the attackers directly to men serving alongside #Syria’s new leaders in Damascus. The killings now threaten Syria's fragile transition.
#Syria #HTS #alawites
#sectarianviolence
@palestine
"Dozens of Alawite women and girls have disappeared from Syria’s coastal provinces in a wave of kidnappings and intimidation widely attributed to extremist factions emboldened by the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), leaving families desperate and authorities either indifferent or complicit"
"Entire communities in Tartous, Latakia, and Hama—regions long considered Alawite heartlands—have been plunged into fear"
📢 ISIS claims responsibility for Damascus Church bombing ++ Sectarian attacks, particularly against #christians and #alawites, have surged in recent months - thanks to the EU-ISR-US backed new regime in #syria
Update #damascus #churchattack JUN-22 22:00 Beirut-t
Sources: Syria-TV, SANA, RIA Novosti
📰 Report: Al Mayadeen
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/isis-claims-responsibility-for-damascus-church-bombing
#Sharaa… has repeatedly vowed to unite all of #Syria's armed forces under one structure & govern the country, fractured by 14 years of civil war until #Assad's overthrow.
But incidents of sectarian violence, notably the killing of hundreds of pro-Assad #Alawites in March, have hardened fears among minority groups about the now-dominant #Islamists & sparked condemnation from global powers.
"Under Ahmad al-Sharaa's direction, Syria’s new Islamist leaders are systematically sidelining Palestinian factions, favoring the US-backed PA, dismantling Iran-linked groups, and reshaping refugee dynamics in alignment with a broader US-backed strategy to neutralize the Palestinian resistance": https://thecradle.co/articles/how-syrias-hts-is-quietly-dismantling-the-palestinian-cause
#Syria #HTS #alSharaa #Sharaa #Damas #Alauites #Alawites #Shiites #AxisOfResistance #Hezbollah #Hizbollah #Jihadism #Jihadists #Turkey #Erdoğan #Turkiye #Lebanon #Israel #Bashir #alBashir #alGolani #Golani #alJolani #Jolani #alJulani #Julani #SNA #UNRWA #refugees
"An estimated 1,400 people were killed. Where are we now with this complex and fragile peace in Syria? Are we looking at the country sliding into another civil war? And what is life like under the new government? We're joined by #JosephDaher, a Swiss-Syrian academic who specialises in the political economy of the #MiddleEast."
Who are the #Alawites, and is #Syria on the brink of more violence?
https://player.fm/series/the-explainer/is-syria-on-the-brink-of-more-violence
SYRIE. Les autorités arabo-kurdes du Rojava envoient de l'aide humanitaire aux rescapés de la côte syrienne en proie aux massacres d'Alaouites & à la famine
#StopMassacre
#GenocideOfAlawites #Alawites #KomkujîyaElewî #SuriyedeAleviSoykırımıVar
https://kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/03/17/syrie-la-cote-syrienne-en-proie-aux-massacres-et-a-la-famine/
La Turquie va exiger que l'Europe lève les sanctions contre «sans condition» des sanctions contre la Syrie maintenant que des islamistes ont pris le pouvoir à Damas alors qu'on assiste aux massacres d'Alaouites par des islamistes sur la côte syrienne...
#StopMassacre
#GenocideOfAlawites #Alawites #KomkujîyaElewî #SuriyedeAleviSoykırımıVar
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/la-turquie-va-reclamer-a-bruxelles-la-levee-sans-condition-des-sanctions-contre-damas-20250316
A Baniyas, en Syrie, le récit d’un sunnite qui a sauvé des alaouites du massacre : « On a agi par simple humanité »
#StopMassacre
#GenocideOfAlawites #Alawites #KomkujîyaElewî #SuriyedeAleviSoykırımıVar
Russia Should Consider Accepting Syria’s Alawites As Refugees
Russia Should Consider Accepting Syria’s Alawites As Refugees
Russia would remove what the interim Syrian authorities consider to be a “problem” from their hands, it could more quickly settle its new regions, and their ongoing base talks would no longer be overshadowed by these atrocities.
The latest sectarian violence in Syria killed almost 1,000 members of the Alawite minority at the minimum, with many of them still sheltering in place or hiding somewhere outside of their homes due to their fear of being murdered like their co-religionists just were if they step into the street. RT published a detailed report about what one of the survivors described as this “safari hunting Alawites”, while the UN confirmed that “entire families, including women and children, were killed” over the past week.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that around 9,000 Syrians – presumably mostly Alawites – sought shelter at her country’s Khmeimim airbase to escape the violence that she very strongly condemned. On that topic, Reuters cited two sources who were briefed on last week’s closed-door UNSC meeting on Syria to exclusively report that Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzia “lambasted” what happened by comparing it to the Rwandan Genocide.
According to them, he also warned that “the Iraq scenario” could repeat itself in Syria after its interim authorities dissolved the army and imposed massive cuts on the public workforce, hinting that disaffected elements might eventually take up arms against the new government. Another of his reported criticisms concerned the “corrupt foundation” that’s being established in Syria and his concerns about the “destructive role” that foreign “terrorist” fighters are playing there nowadays.
Given the international community’s inability to muster a meaningful response, whether coercing the interim authorities into stopping these sectarian killings via some form of pressure or intervening under the “Responsibility to Protect” pretext, Russia should consider accepting Syria’s Alawites as refugees. The ideal scenario would of course be for them to remain in their homeland without fear of being killed on the basis of their religious beliefs but that no longer appears to be a realistic possibility.
Even after the violence ends, many members of this community might understandably feel uncomfortable remaining in their hometowns, but they’ll struggle to find a way to leave. It’s very difficult for Syrians to legally migrate, that country’s Alawites wouldn’t feel safe fleeing illegally to Turkiye (whose government supports those who just massacred their co-religionists despite hosting its own Alawite minority), and Europe is cracking down on illegal immigration. This leaves Russia as their only hope.
The lesser evil between ethnic cleansing and genocide, if one is forced by circumstances into choosing, is obviously the first provided that the targeted group is able to safely leave abroad. Syria’s interim authorities obviously don’t want the Alawites to remain in their country while Russia has in recent years sought to court responsible immigrants to replace its declining population. Moreover, Russia wants to keep its air and naval bases, while Syria now wants to rely on Russia to balance dependence on Turkiye.
This convergence of demographic-strategic interests can form the basis of a deal between Syria and Russia whereby the interim authorities allow those Alawites who want to leave to go to Russia, which would then provide them with refugee status and associated support. Russia would remove what the interim Syrian authorities consider to be a “problem” from their hands, it could more quickly settle its new regions, and their ongoing base talks would no longer be overshadowed by these atrocities.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
Like slaughtering the #alawites and other minorities right now, for the sake of greater ISR-EU 💬
#TheHagueAwaits, Frau von der Leyen of the EU-Commission, and many of the MP's of the EU-Parliament, who cheered up the #CrimesAgainstHumanity in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria!
