Syria Massacres: Alawite Community Targeted

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[...] Le Monde paints the picture of a president caught up in his own strategy, and tries to downplay its appearance by downplaying the violence by evoking 'isolated acts'. Conclusion Le Monde traces, through these different articles, the image of a Syria subject to confessional and political tensions whose human damage is unimaginable, but also whose essential victims are often civilians far from political clans. On the political level and in the face of violence and massacres, an interim president caught in his own game of alliances and facing his militias that orchestrated the abuses, without admitting his share of responsibility. [...]

[...] The journalists recall the prejudices faced by Alawites in Syria, being assimilated to the Assad clan. They are no longer judged individually, but because of their confession, thus dehumanizing a whole part of the Syrian population. Admittedly, an Assad clan still exists and had committed massacres a few days before this backlash, but the newspaper does not fail to recall that "civilians were targeted" regardless of their confession. Thus, the picture of a community-based revenge is drawn Through the various articles in the newspaper, including the one entitled "The Alawite community in Banias, Syria, recounts the hell and counts its dead: 'The survivors are those that Sunni families it is possible to trace the portrait of the various victims of the massacres who are essentially civilians "targeted on the sidelines of the deadly fighting". [...]

[...] Since the fall of former President Bashar El-Assad on December a strong wave of concern has been felt among the various Syrian communities, particularly among the Alawites, the community from which the former president came. This community was, for some, considered to be protected by the ousted president. This concern has taken on its full magnitude following the massacres perpetrated in the regions of Latakia, Tartous, and Hama at the beginning of this month of March. The newspaper Le Monde devotes several articles to expose this tragic situation, highlighting the testimonies of survivors, the atrocities of these events, but also the political narrative of interim President Ahmed-Al-Charaa. I. [...]

[...] The absence of humanity is also pointed out by verbatim such as fell to their knees, I kissed their feet and hands so that they would let him live' and the fact that videos and images of these massacres are taken and disseminated. II. The Silent Political Account Le Monde does not fail to identify the parties to these clashes. These are essentially the Sunni Islamist factions supporting the interim government of Ahmed Al-Chaara. This government has also relied on foreign fighters. [...]

[...] All the more so since the choice of titles of the different articles embodies the terror reported by the newspaper. The choice to give a voice to the inhabitants illustrates the newspaper's will to put forward the terrors experienced by the inhabitants, thus giving it a human and tragic dimension. The newspaper highlights a cycle of constant terror in which various Syrians are anchored. Indeed, it is recalled through the testimonies that twelve years earlier the villagers had witnessed similar massacres, but this time at the hands of pro-Assad militias. [...]