Thursday, December 19, 2013

Loveday Morris on the persecution of Alawites in Lebanon

I have been critical of the reports from Lebanon (on Syria) by Loveday Morris but I have to say she has been the only reporter who has covered the persecution of `Alawites in Lebanon.  But there is a major omission: the killing of Alawites and the burning of their store and the sectarian expulsion of `Alawites from Tripoli neighborhood started long before the explosions at the two mosques.  Long before. She also needed a a historical context about the persecution and hatred of Alawites.