 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kusagadzikana kwemasangano kwakazopa hondo yevagari vemuSyria, kwakanga kwatova pachena munzanga nekuda kwezviitiko zvakatangira 1970. Somuenzaniso, kubatanidzwa kwaPurezidhendi Hafez al-Assad muhondo yevagari vemo yeLebanonkupfurikidza nokupa betsero yezvamatongerwe enyika kumaKristu eMaronite muRebhanoni. Izvi zvakaonekwa navaMuslim vazhinji veSunni sechiito chokupandukira, izvo zvakavaita kuti vabatanidze zviito zvaal-Assad nokuzivikanwa kwake kweAlawite. VaMuslim Brotherhood, chikamu chevaMuslim vechiSunni, vakashandisa kusawirirana ikoko navaAlawi sechishandiso chokusimudzira zvirongwa zvavo zvematongerwe enyika nezvirongwa. Kuuraya kwakati kwakaitwa neMuslim Brothers, zvikurukuru vaAlawite, asiwo vaSunni vaMuslim. Kuedza kuuraya kwakakundikana Mutungamiri Hafez al-Assad pasina mubvunzo ndiko kunozivikanwa zvikuru. Rutivi rworuvengo pakati pavaAlawiti navaIslam vechiSunni veMuslim Brotherhood rwunokonzerwa nokusava namaturo kweSiria, uko ava vanochengeta vaAlawiti vari musimba kuti vazvidavirire. 