Understanding the Systematic and Spectacular Killing of Syria’s Alawites - The Syrian Observer

Understanding the Systematic and Spectacular Killing of Syria’s Alawites - The Syrian Observer

The objective was not merely physical elimination, but the ritualized display of slain bodies—transforming them into political and religious sacrifices. These bodies were instrumentalized to justify hatred: the dead were not simply political adversaries, but their annihilation was framed as a divine imperative. Their deaths became a theological statement, rendering the very possibility of coexistence with the “other” unacceptable. The massacres …

A month after the wave of violence that struck the Syrian Mediterranean coast and caused hundreds of deaths, the Alawite minority fears the action of the new interim government, which it points out for the latest massacres, which were also recorded in Damascus and went unnoticed What is going on in Syria: keys to understanding the greatest wave of violence since the fall of Al Assad The sectarian massacres perpetrated in Syria a month ago by Syr…

No hope for justice if sectarianism is new Syrian state doctrine

The euphoria that followed the fall of Assad’s regime in December 2024 has largely dissipated after the large-scale massacres of Alawite civilians in coastal areas, carried out in early March 2025 by armed forces within the newly formed Syrian army. In the aftermath of these tragic events, additional assassinations and attacks against Alawite civilians have been perpetrated by armed groups linked to the new ruling authorities.  Following the rel…

Alawites and Christians: Behind Syria’s Silent, Sectarian Slaughter

By Hamide Rencus  –  Mar 28, 2025 Syria’s new HTS rulers have unleashed a campaign of sectarian retribution against Alawite and Christian communities – an unfolding genocide met not with outrage, but with diplomatic overtures to the rebranded Al-Qaeda warlords now ruling from Damascus. The massacres and repression of Alawites and Christians in Syria began immediately after the fall of Damascus and have continued for the past three and a half mon…

Confessional violence is back, a blitz by Sunni armed men (ANSA)

Amnesty International accused Syrian government-affiliated militias of deliberately killing more than 100 Alawite civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas on March 8 and 9, 2025, and called for those responsible for these crimes to be held accountable. The organization said in a statement: