CNN has a new great spin on it
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/middleeast/syria-president-violence-assad-intl/index.htmlThese are "communal clashes" and "expected challenges"
Lets also take a moment to remember the events of the past couple months, namely;
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/alawites-under-threat-syriaQuote
So far, HTS has consistently stated that Alawites will be part of the new Syria, that there will be no reprisals against them, and that those involved in Assad-regime crimes will be held accountable via the justice system, not vigilantism. HTS officials have also been holding meetings with local Alawite representatives. And Jolani himself has repeatedly stated that HTS will not impose sharia restrictions on minorities. Meanwhile, the new authorities have set up reconciliation centers where members of the former regime’s armed forces can register and surrender their weapons—an essential step in any amnesty process. Hopefully, this will not be a prelude to their eventual mass arrest or discreet elimination once disarmed.
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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-23/syria-after-assad-alawites-endure-fall-from-graceQuote
Syrians relinquish their military equipment and weapons and register for IDs at the reconciliation center in Jableh, Syria. (Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times)
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“I don’t have a passport or ID. I can’t move around. All us officers feel lost. We just have no idea what they’ll do to us,” he said. He added no one in the military establishment was receiving salaries, including retired veterans. “For many people here it means going hungry, ” he said.
Hayat Tahrir al Sham has run dragnets to pick up those unwilling to surrender. Authorities arrested almost 2,000 people in Homs city in a five-day campaign this month targeting “criminals who have harmed the Syrian people for 13 years and had not handed over their weapons in [reconciliation] centers,” according to a government statement.
They set up checkpoints demanding Alawites surrender weapons to get an ID, otherwise they'll be arrested if out in public with no papers. And once enough Alawites were disarmed, they started massacring them