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Sectarian Violence Triggers Sunni-Alawi Segregation in Syria
(UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Gabriela Keller - The violence in Syria has triggered an increasing internal migration in the areas affected by the conflict. A string of sectarian massacres has accelerated the segregation, driving Sunnis and Alawis apart. At least 4.25 million people are internally displaced within the country. But not all migration follows sectarian fault lines. Many Sunnis have fled to Alawi-dominated cities that have been less affected by the violence, like Latakia or even Qadmous, deep in the Alawi mountains, introducing a new heterogeneity in some parts of the Alawi heartland as Alawis rent apartments to displaced Sunnis.