Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers in Damascus that they will be safe, a Lebanese official said. At the border with Lebanon, where thousands of people were trying to leave Syria on Thursday, a dozen Shi'ite Muslims interviewed by Reuters described threats made against them, sometimes in person but mostly on social media.

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Many Syrians and non-Syrians welcomed the news of the fall of the Assad regime with joy and celebration, but there are those who have mixed feelings of joy, apprehension and fear. These fears focus on the scenario of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham taking power after it was accused of being a branch of al-Qaeda in Syria, and it is still classified as a terrorist organization by the United States and other foreign countries. For the Kurds in Syria, the …

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كثير من السوريين وغير السوريين استقبلوا خبر سقوط نظام الأسد بابتهاج واحتفالات، لكن هناك من اختلطت لديهم المشاعر بين فرح وتوجس وخوف.وتتركز هذه المخاوف على سيناريو سيطرة هيئة تحرير الشام على السلطة بعدما كانت متهمة بأنها فرع من فروع تنظيم القاعدة في سوريا، كما أنها لا تزال مصنفة ضمن قائمة الإرهاب من طرف الولايات المتحدة ودول غريية أخرى.بالنسبة للأكراد في سوريا، يتضاعف الخوف كما يخبرنا أحد النازحين في مدينة الطبقة بمحافظة الرقة ، ويدعى رشيد عمر…

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BEIRUT, Lebanon/NUBL, Syria (Reuters) -     Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers in Damascus that they will be safe, a Lebanese official said. Read full story

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BEIRUT, Lebanon/NUBL, Syria - Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Shi'ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers in Damascus that they will be safe, a Lebanese official said.

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At the border with Lebanon, where thousands of people were trying to leave Syria on Thursday, a dozen Shi'ite Muslims interviewed by Reuters described threats made against them, sometimes in person but mostly on social media.

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By Laila Bassam, John Davison, Maggie Michael and Tuvan Gumrukcu BEIRUT, Lebanon/NUBL, Syria (Reuters) –     Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Shi’ite Muslims, have fled to Lebanon since Sunni Muslim Islamists toppled Bashar al-Assad, fearing persecution despite assurances from the new rulers in Damascus that they will be safe, a Lebanese official said. At the border with Lebanon, where thousands of people were trying to leave Syria on Thursd…

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While many Syrian refugees are returning to the country, others of the Shiite or Alawite faith are fleeing to Lebanon fearing reprisals for their support of the Bashar al-Assad regime....

Alors que de nombreux réfugiés syriens rentrent au pays, d'autres de confession chiite ou alaouite fuient vers le Liban craignant les représailles pour leur soutien au régime de Bachar al-Assad.  ...

À la frontière libanaise, le chassé-croisé des Syriens, entre espoir de retour et crainte des représailles

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At the Lebanese border, the crossroads of Syrians, between hope of return and fear of reprisals

Moqtad has been unable to sleep at night for days. Before yes, he says, before the government of former Syrian President Bashar el Asad fell, this man reconciled the dream perfectly. "We trust in Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS, the rebel group that now controls the country), and we welcome them, but the people are coming hooded people who claim to be from HTS who are doing terrifying things to us. They steal from us, they attack us. We ask them to pl…

Hace días que Moqtad no puede dormir por la noche. Antes sí, dice, antes de que cayese el Gobierno del expresidente sirio Bashar el Asad este hombre conciliaba el sueño perfectamente. "Confiamos en Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS, por sus siglas en ingles, el grupo rebelde que controla ahora el país), y les damos la bienvenida, pero al pueblo está viniendo gente encapuchada que asegura ser de HTS que nos está haciendo cosas terroríficas. Nos roban, no…

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