Syria's sectarian conflict risks regional stability
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- Non-sectarian protests
- Drivers of sectarianism
- Regime brutality
- Regime strategy
- Propaganda
- Sectarian killings
- Counterinsurgency failings
- Army purges
- Regime's narrowing support base
- Regional drivers
- Proxy war
- Gulf proxies
- Iranian proxies
- Anti-sectarian trends
- Post-Assad scenarios
- Sectarian retribution (high probability)
- Sectarian cleansing (medium probability)
- Minorities find common ground with Sunnis (moderate probability)
- Ethnic conflict (medium probability)
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