Sounds like the location of the Russian naval base in a former Alawite “independent” state during the French mandate was a consideration when the Russians got it.
While this report has lots of charges we still don’t know who the players are. There must be other means to get info about what is going on over there. Wonder about Catholic/Christian reaction/resources same with the Druze or better yet Jewish sources..
Arab news sources are cans of crawly things. Lota work hard to get insights and intelligence from MSM. Thanks for the map and background