Sectarian Massacre Threatens to Undermine Syria's New Government

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Syria’s interim president has signed a constitutional declaration in a step towards hoped-for stability post-Assad, but that stability still remains elusive. This week, pro-Assad Allawites in the coastal region ambushed and attacked Syrian security forces, leading to a massacre of hundreds of people, forcing the Allawites to flee across the border into Lebanon, risking that country’s fragile security, as well. With Syria’s new interim leaders struggling to keep the lid on power, an Israeli…