UN Commission urges Syria to end violence

Syria (MNN) -- Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, attacks against Alawites and other minority ethnic and religious groups in Syria have become more common.Under the Alawite leadership of former President and dictator Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian civil war continued for 14 years. It saw ethnic struggles as each group tried to protect itself or advance its own interests, often through violence and by claiming different areas.Between Sunni Muslims and the Alawite sect of Shia M