Held at gunpoint, with minutes to leave: How Syria evicts Alawites from their homes
MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: Armed individuals evicted people without a court order, prevented them from taking their belongings, and then moved in.
SINCE SYRIA’S President Ahmed al-Sharaa seized power in December, hundreds of Alawites have been forced from their private homes in Damascus by the security forces. Here, a man marches with a sign depicting a collage of pictures of victims of the recent wave of sectarian violence, targeting Syria’s(photo credit: DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
