Syria’s Alawites deny full loyalty to Assad in Cairo conference
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More than 80 Alawite figures will discuss issuing a document that draws a political roadmap for a transitional phase after President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime collapses, reveals Bassem Youssef, a member of the meeting’s organising committee in an interview with Al-Arabiya’s website.
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Youssef denied that all members of the Alawite sect in Syria are “pro-Al-Assad,” adding that the conference wishes to discuss the conflict in political and not sectarian terms, emphasising the need for social unity.
The Cairo meeting is the first by Alawites backing the anti-Al-Assad side of the crisis. Almost 150 Alawite figures, including activists and religious leaders attended.
