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The United Nations (UN) called on Syria’s interim government on March 9 2025 to take urgent action to protect civilians following a wave of deadly attacks on the Alawite community, a minority sect of Shia Islam. Reports from the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claim that more than 1,000 Alawites, including children, have been killed in the recent violence. The violence began after loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad, who opposes the new government, ambushed Syrian forces on…
