Senior Palestinian journalist Khaled Abu Toameh warns that Alawite communities in Syria are being murdered in the streets in pogroms carried out under the rule of Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani). He says the interim leader is detached from reality and calls the situation deeply alarming.
Khaled Abu Toameh, a prominent Palestinian journalist and commentator widely followed across the Arab and Israeli media, published a stark assessment Monday morning regarding the situation of the Alawite minority in post-Assad Syria. In his post, Abu Toameh states that 'pogroms against Alawites' are ongoing — that they are being 'murdered in the streets' under the patronage of the regime led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, the former Jabhat al-Nusra commander known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani who now heads the transitional government in Damascus. Abu Toameh describes the Syrian leader as 'detached from reality' and says the situation is 'very alarming.' The claims, if corroborated, would represent a severe humanitarian crisis and raise questions about the transitional government's ability — or willingness — to protect minority populations. The Zioneer notes that this is a single-source report from a journalist with a long record of covering Palestinian affairs and regional politics. No independent confirmation of the specific alleged pogroms was available at bulletin time.
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