That is right. It was reported to Anne Barnard that there is a new `Alawite group in Syria that announced itself on...Facebook. Kid you not:
"A group calling itself the Coalition of Free Alawite Youth pushed back
on Tuesday, offering an alternative for Alawites who do not want to take
up arms. It invited them to flee to Turkey, promising that “within a
few days, we will secure free accommodation for them with a monthly
salary that will shield them from humiliation.” It invoked God’s blessings, and concluded, “Those who wish to leave, please contact the administrators of the page.”" If this is not the most original investigative reporting, I don't know what is. I smell a Pulitzer in this one. Is someone going to write a book soon on the lousy Western reporting of Syrian conflict?
