New york times presents evidence that Alawites turned against the regime: " In another possible signal of Alawite ambivalence about Mr. Assad’s political leadership, opposition figures in Syria and in neighboring Jordan said that as many as seven high-ranking Alawite military and intelligence officers had defected in recent days..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/world/middleeast/syria.html?ref=world&_r=0
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