TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘If This Is the People’s Will, the People Should Be Replaced’
T2 - The Shi’ization of Syria During the Civil War, 2011–2018
AU - Blanga, Yehuda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - For the past decade, a cruel and bloody civil war has wracked Syria. The conflict, and especially its military and humanitarian aspects, has been surveyed extensively. But like every war, that in Syria involves a ‘soft conflict’ in addition to the military confrontation. By this is meant the religious, educational, social, and cultural actions undertaken by the Shi’ite axis–the Syrian regime and its allies, Iran and Hezbollah–vis-à-vis the Sunni majority in the country. For Bashar Assad, a member of the Alawite sect, and his Shi’ite allies, the Sunnis pose a real threat, which can best be countered by converting them to Shi’ism.
AB - For the past decade, a cruel and bloody civil war has wracked Syria. The conflict, and especially its military and humanitarian aspects, has been surveyed extensively. But like every war, that in Syria involves a ‘soft conflict’ in addition to the military confrontation. By this is meant the religious, educational, social, and cultural actions undertaken by the Shi’ite axis–the Syrian regime and its allies, Iran and Hezbollah–vis-à-vis the Sunni majority in the country. For Bashar Assad, a member of the Alawite sect, and his Shi’ite allies, the Sunnis pose a real threat, which can best be countered by converting them to Shi’ism.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144528636&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09592296.2022.2143123
DO - 10.1080/09592296.2022.2143123
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AN - SCOPUS:85144528636
SN - 0959-2296
VL - 33
SP - 794
EP - 823
JO - Diplomacy and Statecraft
JF - Diplomacy and Statecraft
IS - 4
ER -