Syrias election shows depth of support for Assad June 05, 2014 04:00 PM By Diaa Hadid Associated Press DAMASCUS: For all the serious flaws in Syrias election, it underscored the considerable support that President Bashar Assad still enjoys from the population, including many in the majority Sunni Muslim community. Syrias conflict is often portrayed through one of its many prisms - that of a sectarian struggle, in which overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim rebels seek to topple Assad, who belongs to the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. The countrys rich tapestry of Christian and Muslim minorities, meanwhile, help keep Assad in power, fearing their fate if he were to fall. Without Sunni support, however, Assads rule would have collapsed long ago amid a civil war that activists say has killed more than 160,000, displaced at least a third of Syrias prewar population of 23 million, and destroyed wide swaths of the country. Read more: dailystar.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jun-05/259002-syrias-election-shows-depth-of-support-for-assad.ashx#ixzz33n9xaQFo (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: dailystar.lb)
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:46:17 +0000
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