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VOA Kurdish: Syrian Kurds concerned following attacks on Alawites


Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria March 7, 2025.
Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria March 7, 2025.

Following the recent attacks carried out against civilians in the Alawite-majority region in Syria’s coastal region, many Kurds are expressing fears that Syria is heading into yet a new wave of violence, especially targeting the country’s ethnic and religious minorities. In the city of Kobani in northern Syria, residents said the attacks against Alawites in western Syria were reminiscent of Islamic State atrocities against Yazidis in Sinjar, Iraq, and Syrian Kurds in Kobani.

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