Background and events of the dreadful massacre of Alawites in the Syrian coastal region in March 2025
Over the course of several days, starting March 6th, 2025, government official forces and allied militia committed a massacre of Alawites in the Syrian coastal region. At the time of writing this article, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had documented 1383 civilians killed in these massacres.
Atrocities committed in these massacres were not limited to the mass killing. Civilians on social media has reported massive pillage, looting, and burning of houses, livestock, and corps were recorded at a massive scale. Further, the killing was largely committed in front of women and children related to the victims, leaving them in horror and shock.
In this article, we try to shed some light on these atrocities, and offer a background of the Alawite sect of Islam, and their role in the modern history of Syria and the Middle East.
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