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Eventually, [[Hafez al-Assad]] took over the power in 1971 after coup and became the Syrian president. He was an Alawite commander of the Syrian army and a moderate member of the Ba'ath party. Before the coup, he was appointed as the defense minister, the commander of the air force, the prime minister, and the secretary general of the Ba'ath party. After his death in 2000, his son, [[Bashar al-Assad]] became the Syrian president. | Eventually, [[Hafez al-Assad]] took over the power in 1971 after coup and became the Syrian president. He was an Alawite commander of the Syrian army and a moderate member of the Ba'ath party. Before the coup, he was appointed as the defense minister, the commander of the air force, the prime minister, and the secretary general of the Ba'ath party. After his death in 2000, his son, [[Bashar al-Assad]] became the Syrian president. | ||
When a number of | When a number of Takfiri terrorist groups appeared in Syria since 2012 and occupied different areas of the country, Syrian Alawites have since then been one of the main targets of their attacks. | ||
==Geographical Distribution and the Population of the Syrian Alawites== | ==Geographical Distribution and the Population of the Syrian Alawites== | ||