“The Assads were a mafia. They blamed US sanctions but I saw people driving fancy cars, living in luxury.” In Bashar’s hometown of Qardaha & across Latakia, residents process painful pasts & nervously wait to see what a new #Syria brings. Our report @pbsnews.bsky.social
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/syrias-once-empowered-alawite-minority-faces-uncertain-future-after-fall-of-assad