Wait. So what is new about the so-called Alawites who are opposed to the regime and opposed to Shi`ite Islam? Ash-Share Al-Awsat (the mouthpiece of King Salman and his sons which is treated as "a secular" voice by Liz Sly and other cheerleaders of the Syrian "revolution") had published back in 2012 a story that AN UNNAMED Alawite cleric expressed opposition to the regime. Kid you not.
