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Alawites
Ethnoreligious group centered in the Levant
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Alawites (Arabic: العلويون, romanized: al-ʿAlawiyyūn) are an ethnoreligious group, many of whom identify as Arabs, who live primarily in Syria and elsewhere in the Levant. They follow Alawism, an offshoot of Shia Islam as a ghulat branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate Ali ibn Abi Talib, the "first Imam" in the Twelver school, as a manifestation of the divine essence.
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🇺🇸 Deadly fighting in Alawite heartland city in Syria
Several people were killed in fighting in Syria’s Latakia where suspected Assad regime supporters attacked security....
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