Assad dynasty was just a symptom of the problems in Syria. Syria is a Sunni majority country. During the Assad dynasty Alawite minority (population 2-3 million

Assad dynasty was just a symptom of the problems in Syria. Syria is a Sunni majority country. During the Assad dynasty Alawite minority (population 2-3 million) was the ruling ethnic class in Syria. They have their own sect of Islam (Alawism). Alawites were stuck with Assad family even if they came from competing factions. If Assad falls, they get massacred. The insurgents fight under the flag of Syrian National Army, backed by Turkey, but the fighting has been mostly led by jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS).