I read one article that said Alawites were 12 and a half percent of the population. Americans believe in democracy for America but how can these figures translate into other countries? Clearly, this is one factor in that troubled situation.
It’s hard to see how Assad can hang on to power, perhaps he is getting a good amount of help from Iran and Hezbollah. Dirty war.
An article was posted here or I saw it somewhere is that the Alawites have long been a minority over there but in the late ‘60s or ‘70s, they were able to seize power. The Alawites have always had to fend for themselves.