Grieving Alawite families retrieve the bodies of their loved ones under the watchful eye of security forces Syrian attend the funeral of a relative, killed in the days of clashes between security forces and Assad loyalists in the town of Jableh in the coastal province of Latakia on 10 March 2025 (AFP) At the National Hospital in Latakia, a coastal city in the heartland of the Alawite minority, the watchful presence of Syria ’s new authorities is constant. Visibly shaken, Alawite Syrians...