In Syria , the ruling Assad family and its confederates from the Alawite minority sect are in crisis , accused of assassinating Rafik Hariri , a former Sunni prime minister of Lebanon and an important figure who might have been able to rally majority support against the Alawites ' monopoly on power .
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