Early March 2025 was when Syria’s post-Assad transition turned sour. In scenes that resembled the worst moments of Syria’s civil war, hundreds of Alawite civilians were killed, probably by a combination of pro-government forces and extra-judicial Sunni death squads. The violence began as an anti-government uprising in Syria’s coastal, Alawite-dominated Latakia province.
But the subsequent massacres were a country-wide event, with reports of Sunni militias killing Alawite civilians in Homs, Tartous, Hama and elsewhere. These systemic acts of sectarian murder apparently vindicated the long-held view by some observers that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa — despite his apparent transformation from militantThe post The March Massacres Show That Syria Urgently Needs Solutions, Not Sanctions appeared first on War on the Rocks.