Anatomy of the Current “Alawite Question”
SYRIA TV
March 4, 2025
The abrupt dissolution of the military and security institutions was a severe economic blow to the Alawites, Hussam Jazmati argues for Syria TV.
The abrupt dissolution of the military and security institutions was a severe economic blow to the Alawites, Hussam Jazmati argues for Syria TV.
The SNHR report attributes 21 of these cases to the transitional government, 34 to opposition factions, and 68 to the Syrian Democratic Forces.
75 Syrian families from Deir ez-Zor province are set to leave the camp by the end of next week, Shaam News writes.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly announced the interception of arms shipments bound for Lebanon.
The Autonomous Administration announced that the camp administration had facilitated the departure of a total of 569 people and handed them over to the Iraqi government, according to Enab Baladi.
Activists on social media condemned the official presence of Yara Shartouh, a staunch Ba’athist who served as Hama’s Director of Tourism under the deposed regime.
According to an SNHR statement released on Monday, February 3, Mohammad Luay Tayara, Radwan Hussein Mohammad, and Badr Muhyi Saqour were arrested during security raids targeting individuals affiliated with the former Syrian regime.
Despite assurances from HTS authorities that the perpetrators have been arrested, many remain sceptical about internal investigations.
The actor urged Syrians to reflect on the lessons of the past and avoid repeating the mistakes that sparked the revolution in 2011, according to Syria News.
Kidda is closely associated with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of the political administration, and is considered one of his principal advisors.
Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kanifati, director of the Public Security Department, that while a patrol was conducting routine operations in rural Qardaha, it came under attack from remnants of the former regime, Enab Baladi reports.
A source told +963 that demonstrators specifically accused foreign fighters of being responsible for the deaths of the three civilians.
Work is underway to identify the bodies through DNA testing.
Shujaa al-Ali was killed just days after a video of him surfaced, in which he threatened to burn mosques, Syria TV writes.
Alawite community leaders issued a statement urging their members to surrender weapons, Enab Baladi reports.
Despite these statements, activists noted that accountability for such crimes should come through proper judicial processes and trials, not unilateral actions by armed factions, +963 writes.
All state institutions would remain under the supervision of Assad’s prime minister until they are handed over officially.
The state-run news agency, SANA, reported that the salary increase for military personnel would be 50 percent, with the decision taking effect immediately.
Many locals believe the fires are deliberate, with fingers pointing at Yassar al-Assad, cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Syria TV writes.
One person was killed and seven others were injured due to fires that erupted in large areas around Qardaha, located in the Lattakia countryside in western Syria, Syria TV reports.
