Since the fall of Assad, the Alawite community which the deposed president hails from has been the target of many attacks, including sectarian massacres which killed more than 1,700 people in March. Since the start of this year, dozens of Alawite women have disappeared under suspicious circumstances, or been kidnapped from their homes by armed militants. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Kawa Hassan, non-resident fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the Stimson Centre.
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