Syria’s Islamist leader wants to make example of Alawites

The wave of sectarian violence that gripped Syria last week has marred the image of the country’s new Islamist president, Ahmad al-Sharaa. Could the government have done more to prevent it? French academic Fabrice Balanche says it absolutely could have. In this interview with Amberin Zaman for Al-Monitor, Fabrice Balanche explains that the leader of Syria’s Islamists wants to make an example of the Alawites.