🔁Mario Nawfal:
🚨🇸🇾 SYRIA AFTER ASSAD: LOYALISTS LEFT ASKING, ‘THAT’S IT?’
Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed faster than a bad Wi-Fi connection, leaving Syria’s Alawite community—once his biggest backers—shocked.
Years of sacrifice, countless funerals, and no last-ditch defense?
Alawite Community Member, Mohsen:
"I know for a fact that there were many men who would have been willing to fight if they were called upon by the president, but that did not happen.
Instead, we see withdrawals everywhere.
It's strange."
In Latakia and Tartous, protesters knocked down Hafez al-Assad’s statues like they were overdue for demolition, with no bloodshed following.
In Homs, rebels avoided violence, further deflating fears of apocalyptic sectarian revenge.
Still, with extremist groups lurking, cautious optimism is the mood—for now.
Source: Reuters
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🚨🇸🇾 SYRIA AFTER ASSAD: LOYALISTS LEFT ASKING, ‘THAT’S IT?’
Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed faster than a bad Wi-Fi connection, leaving Syria’s Alawite community—once his biggest backers—shocked.
Years of sacrifice, countless funerals, and no last-ditch defense?
Alawite Community Member, Mohsen:
"I know for a fact that there were many men who would have been willing to fight if they were called upon by the president, but that did not happen.
Instead, we see withdrawals everywhere.
It's strange."
In Latakia and Tartous, protesters knocked down Hafez al-Assad’s statues like they were overdue for demolition, with no bloodshed following.
In Homs, rebels avoided violence, further deflating fears of apocalyptic sectarian revenge.
Still, with extremist groups lurking, cautious optimism is the mood—for now.
Source: Reuters
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