No, Alawites are a very small group. And no, this is not a civil war. The parties behind it are foreign.
SDF has not sought to overthrow Assad, but wants a Federation government for future.
No, this is not like the so called Palestinians.
Interesting because I thought Assad was alawite. A minor group, the world rushed in to support.. wrong country, huh? Of course it’s outside countries also this is, as well as the rest of the ME, Israel excluded, a Muslim civil war, without a doubt. Courtesy of Jimmah Carter and the shah.