Syria’s Sectarian Massacres Are Blowback for Foreign-led Dirty War
SYRIA IN CONTEXT, 17 Mar 2025
Aaron Maté – TRANSCEND Media Service
12 Mar 2025 – By arming the sectarian insurgency that now rules Syria, the US and its allies bear responsibility for the current slaughter of Alawite civilians and other minority groups.
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Since Friday [7 Mar], fighters loyal to Syria’s new Al Qaeda offshoot government have massacred hundreds of people in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, the heartland of Syria’s Alawite population. Contacts in Syria have shared stories, corroborated by gruesome videos circulating on social media, of outright pogroms: entire families murdered in their homes; residents rounded up and executed in the streets; shops looted and burned to the ground; and thousands hiding in mountains and farmland from the marauding killers, many of them foreign fighters. According to the Washington Post, “witnesses said the gunmen who wrought carnage were indistinguishable from government forces.” This has resulted in massive displacement, with thousands of civilians seeking refuge anywhere they can, including a Russian military base, churches, and neighboring Lebanon.
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Tags: Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda, Cultural violence, Direct violence, Kurds, Massacre, Middle East, Proxy War, Structural violence, Syria, USA, Violence, West
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