Fear still grips Syria’s coast. After weeks in hiding, Khairallah Dib emerged only after assurances of amnesty. An Alawite survivor of post–Bashar al-Assad reprisals, he witnessed how a bloodyuprising ripped through Syria’s fragile social fabric. Mass killings, displacement, and shattered trust now haunt Alawite communities, as the new Islamist-led government struggles to restore stability, loyalty, and civil peace in a deeply fractured nation. br br #Syria #PostAssad #Alawites #CivilWar #SectarianViolence #Amnesty #RevengeKillings #MiddleEast #Latakia #Tartous #IslamistGovernment #HumanRights #Displacement #CivilPeace #MarchViolence #SyrianCoast #Reuters #PoliticalTransition #RegionalInstability #BreakingNewsbr br ~HT.