But I have been reading in the Western press that the regime is exclusively Alawite? What gives? "
"The old Syria - at its core a security state run by the Assad clan, their Alawite allies and selected partners from other minorities and the Sunni majority - is reasserting itself." (thanks Basim)
"The old Syria - at its core a security state run by the Assad clan, their Alawite allies and selected partners from other minorities and the Sunni majority - is reasserting itself." (thanks Basim)