SYRIA and IRAQ NEWS SYRIA NEWS: RISING TIDE OF ANTI-ASSAD RHETORIC AMONG ALAWITE SUPPORTERS AFTER TABQA AIRBASE DEFEAT: TIMELINE – 2nd SEPTEMBER 2014 13.40 GMT: Increasingly there seems to be a rising tide of disquiet among the normally pro-Assad Alawite community against the prolonged war, its cost in terms of human life and the competence … Continue reading SYRIA AND IRAQ NEWS