Tensions among Alawites pose new challenge for Assad

BEIRUT ? Rumblings of discontent within Syria?s Alawite minority are presenting a new challenge to President Bashar al-Assad?s efforts to retain power in the face of an expanding armed rebellion, calling into question the loyalties even of his own sect in the conflict ravaging the country.

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