Hi can I have your attention for a bit
Alawites are a religious minority in Syria and we are currently facing genocide.
If you're out of the loop, in December Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was deposed and replaced with leadership from Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, a terrorist organization with ties to al-Qaeda. In the months since then Alawite genocide has progressed pretty heavily.
1. This division goes back to the days of Assad.
2. This was mostly skipped but it's not hard to know when someone is an Alawite given their name and where they're from.
3. In the past, Alawites suffered from extreme poverty and lack of opportunities and were forced to either join the military or work government jobs. After the regime change mass layoffs from government positions hit Alawite majority areas, leaving thousands without stable income.
4. During the so-called "security campaigns" conducted by government forces, Alawite civilians were detained and called "Nusayri dogs/pigs/etc" (Nusayri is a derogatory term for Alawite) and sometimes forced to make animal noises (such as barking).
5. The government sent security forces to the Alawite-majority coastal areas, who often conduct the aforementioned "security campaigns", such as one two days ago in Latakia city that had at least 13 dead.
6. Whenever the government conducted the "security campaigns" they said it was against "remnants of the regime" to sway public opinion among non-Alawites into thinking these people were the ones that killed civilians in the days of Assad.
7. After some minor skirmishes between Alawites and Security forces in Jableh city, the government sent the military to the coast.
8. As I'm writing this multiple massacres against Alawites have occurred and are occurring in the coastal countryside.
9 and 10 are yet to start.
We call for the UN and the international community to step in to end this ASAP. Please help us.
turning off reblogs. this post is 1.5 years old. the situation has improved slightly.
