In the Syrian city of Homs, neighborhoods of the Alevi community, to which ousted president Bashar al-Assad belonged, live in fear of reprisals from the new de facto authorities, who have made hundreds of arrests, according to residents. In this city, the third largest in the country, where Sunnis, Alevis and Christians coexist and where religious violence reached a fever pitch during the civil war, which was triggered by the bloody repression by the previous regime of the rebellion of a large part of the citizens in 2011. At the entrance to areas where the majority of Alevis live, armed men in camouflage uniforms man roadblocks. Two eyewitnesses — who, like most of the people AFP spoke to, asked not to be named for their safety — said residents were being asked what their faith was at one of the barricades. Sihadi Mayhoub, a former Homs MP who says he joined the opposition to former President Assad in […]
Source: News Beast
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