Fear grips Alawites in Syria’s Homs as Assad ‚remnants‘ targeted

In Syria’s third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for „remnants of the regime“, arresting hundreds.In central Homs, the marketplace buzzes with people buying fruit and vegetables from vendors in bombed-out buildings riddled with bullet holes.But at the entrance to areas where the city’s Alawite minority lives…
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