Syria after Assad: a fragile new state, or a sectarian powder keg?
A year after Assad fell, Ahmed al-Sharaa's Islamist-rooted government is trying to unify Syria — but waves of sectarian violence against Alawites, Druze and clashes with Kurdish forces have left thousands dead.
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Syria's new leadership presents itself as ending 13 years of civil war and building a unified state, urging Syrians of all communities to back a fragile political transition and new institutions.
Alawites, Druze and Kurds say the Sunni-Islamist-rooted government threatens them — pointing to massacres of Alawites on the coast, deadly clashes around Druze Suwayda, and fighting with Kurdish-led forces.
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