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Alawites for Assad: Why the Syrian Sect Backs the Regime Leon Goldsmith April 16, 2012 -- Since the start of the revolt in Syria, the country's Alawites have been instrumental in maintaining President Bashar al- Assad's hold on power. A sect of Shia Islam, the Alawites comprise roughly 13 percent of

revolt in Syria, the country's Alawites have been instrumental in maintaining President Bashar al- Assad's hold on power. A sect of Shia Islam, the Alawites comprise roughly 13 percent of the population and form the bulk of Syria's key military units, intelligence services, and ultra-loyalist militias,

rity may well increase if he is elected president -- we may question the wisdom of the President's wager. DE Hillel Fradkin is a Senior Fellow with Hudson Institute where he directs its Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World. Lewis Libby is Senior Vice President of Hudson Institute where

closer integration with the West via European Union membership; and it was more vocally supportive of the rights of religious minorities, such as Alawites and Christians. Still, though more cosmopolitan than the Welfare Party, the AKP retained enough of an Islamic flavor to make religious Turks feel t

with the global legalists who see national sovereignty as a problem to be overcome, not a principle to be cherished. Mr. Feith, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, served as under secretary of defense for policy from 2001 to 2005. The Guardian (London) Egypt: Tiielbattle for irl Editorial July 16, 2012 --

closer integration with the West via European Union membership; and it was more vocally supportive of the rights of religious minorities, such as Alawites and Christians. Still, though more cosmopolitan than the Welfare Party, the AKP retained enough of an Islamic flavor to make religious Turks feel t

with the global legalists who see national sovereignty as a problem to be overcome, not a principle to be cherished. Mr. Feith, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, served as under EFTA_R1_02207146 EFTA02722357 secretary of defense for policy from 2001 to 2005. Article 3. The Guardian (London) Egypt: The