If the government is overthrown the Alawites will probably vanish from the middle-east. There's a saying "Christians to Beirut, the Alawites to the grave" [0].

If the government is overthrown the Alawites will probably vanish from the middle-east. There's a saying "Christians to Beirut, the Alawites to the grave" [0]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarianism_and_minorities_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarianism_and_minorities_...