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(2012-12-13). "Pressures in Syria affect Alawites in Lebanon – The National". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 2013-01-05. "'Lebanese Alawites welcome Syria's withdrawal...

Alawites are also called Nusayris. Surveys suggest Alawites represent an important portion of the Syrian population and are a significant minority in...

were Alawites. The Alawite State bordered Greater Lebanon on the south; the northern border was with the Sanjak of Alexandretta, where Alawites made up...

not include Lebanon's sizable Syrian and Palestinian refugee populations: Muslim 67.8% (Sunni, Shia and smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis)...

State of Alawites (French: État des Alaouites, Arabic: دولة العلويين) was located on the Syrian coast and incorporated a majority of Alawites, a branch...

This list of Alawites includes prominent Alawite figures, mostly Syrians, who are notable in their areas of expertise. Adunis, poet Badawi al-Jabal, poet...

centuries. The Alawites of the Levant were oppressed by the Sunni Ottoman Empire, but gained power and influence when the French recruited Alawites as soldiers...

of other Shia branches, such as Alawites and Ismailis. The Druze community is designated as one of the five Lebanese Muslim communities (Sunni, Shia,...

and Alawites combined comprising less than 1% of the population and are included among Lebanese Shia Muslims. Alawites are eligible for two seats in the...

the Alawite-led Syrian government. Violence flared up during the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon. For centuries, Sunni Muslims and Alawites have...

Party, which was pro-Syrian due to the Alawites being dominant in Syria, and mainly acted in Northern Lebanon around Tripoli. Some Sunni factions received...

December 2015. The party has the largest support of Lebanese Alawites, and its base is Tripoli, Lebanon, in the Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood. Rifaat took over...

and Alawites in Tripoli. According to UNHCR, the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon increased from around 250,000 in early 2013 to 1,000,000 in late...

group Fatah al-Islam had planned to attack the Alawites of Tripoli. It was active during the 2008 Lebanon conflict, now led by Ali Eid's son Rifaat, being...

and for a bombing of Sunni mosques that was blamed on Alawites. The interior minister of Lebanon, Nohad Machnouk, said on January 11 that the attack was...

majority in the city of Tripoli and the Minyeh and Danniyeh districts with some presence in Zgharta and the Koura districts, Alawites are present only in a small...

the Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian...

a Lebanese army soldier and an official from the Alawite Arab Democratic Party. From 10 to 11 February 2012, two or three people died in fighting in Tripoli's...

Lebanese Druze (Arabic: دروز لبنان, romanized: durūz lubnān) are an ethnoreligious group constituting about 5.2 percent of the population of Lebanon....

(/ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː/; Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, lit. 'Party of God') is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, led since 1992 by...