Syria is a very diverse area when dealing with religions. It is not all Muslim; it actually has at least 3 different religions. There are the Alawites, the Shi'i, and Sunnis to mention a couple. These are all very unique religions differing from each other in very unique ways.
There are about 1.4 million Alawites in Syria. The best-known Alawite was Bashar al-Assad who was president of Syria after his father Hafez al-Assad, who was also an Alawite. Know one really knows how the Alawites originated, but some believe that the Alawites might have descended from Alexander the Great. …
