Implications of the Syrian Civil War on the Alawites
Introduction Virtually all Syrian people were excited with the outbreak of public protests against the ruling Baath regime in March 2011. / e protesters then took some measures in order to prove that the ethnic and religious divisions of people did not inhibit them from coming together for change and overcoming sectarian incitements. One popular slogan chanted at the demonstrations was “One, One, the Syrian people are one!” However, the initial accord among people coming from various ethnic and religious backgrounds gradually eroded when the opposition demonstrations turned into armed clashes with the security forces. / e clashes, which gradually appeared in a sectarian form, deepened communal divisions and triggered inter- communal anxieties for a number of reasons and then turned into a protracted social con Á ict and civil war (Atlıo Ì lu, 2018). / e civil war that has in Á icted Syria for over eight years has profoundly a ff ected all people in the country in terms of politic