Syria's Homs In Lockdown, Alawite Houses Set On Fire, Amid New 'Revenge' Killings
Syria's Homs In Lockdown, Alawite Houses Set On Fire, Amid New 'Revenge' Killings
AÂ Bedouin couple was https://www.thestar.com/news/world/middle-east/sectarian-tensions-flare-in-syrias-homs-after-the-killing-of-a-bedouin-couple/article_e049fa46-ba4c-5a0d-9887-53f7486759cd.html
in the town of Zaidal, on the outskirts of Homs, Syria. The two were members of the Bani Khaled tribe, and state media reported that "sectarian slogans" were found at the scene.
The tribe responded by https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/11/23/syria-homs-alawite-hts/
in the attacks.
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Maj. Gen. Murhaf al-Nassan said that the attack in Zaidal https://thecradle.co/articles/bedouin-tribes-attack-alawite-neighborhood-in-syrias-homs-following-apparent-sectarian-killing
in the region, and the government has yet to identify who actually carried out the attack. The government declared a curfew in Homs in response to the violence.
One Syrian journalist noted that the https://x.com/ScharoMaroof/status/1992558227951640680
, because the Alawites have been disarmed and, in taking such visible credit for the attack, they would know that the retaliation would hit their community, as it indeed has.
The Alawites have been targeted repeatedly by other factions, and the government itself, with a https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/10/syrias-hts-say-security-operation-against-alawites-over-more-than-1300-killed/
in the northwest of the country in March leading to low level violence against the religious minority ever since.
The scale of the violence is not yet known, as the government sent forces to the city to restore order, and imposed a curfew.
"Security personnel have been deployed in Alawite areas but the situation in Homs remains very sensitive," said a resident who works as a graphic designer and gave her name as Rawa. —https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/11/23/syria-homs-alawite-hts/
Alawites are around 10% of Syria’s population, and as former President Bashar al-Assad was an Alawite himself, they have been targets of opponents of the old regime, even though they note that under Assad they weren’t generally treated better than anyone else.
Bedouins carrying out attacks on Alawite minority in Homs just like they did on the Druze in Suweida. Plausible deniability for the Jolani government while carrying out its wishes https://t.co/ncTjxyWoiq
— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) https://twitter.com/LindseySnell/status/1992598497728827851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
While the Islamist government has presented an idea of religious unity for Syria, they have also eagerly branded any clashes involving Alawites as “Assad remnant” forces, and reacted harshly, while https://news.antiwar.com/2025/06/15/killing-of-alawites-continues-in-syria-civilians-are-asking-religion-at-checkpoints/
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