From a US reporter: "Before it was corrected, (correction found below article) this MSNBC piece said
Assad was a Sunni fighting a Shia insurgency! The piece also says nobody
understands who the rebels are. Well the author should speak for himself..(no
credit if you use it)."
"CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a member of the Sunni branch of Islam. He is a secular Alawite, part of the Shiite branch. We regret this error."
"CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a member of the Sunni branch of Islam. He is a secular Alawite, part of the Shiite branch. We regret this error."
