Hyderabad, March 17 -- Oblivious of the presence of the United States-led Israeli Defence Forces in the vicinity of Damascus, the Ahmed al-Sharaa government in Syria has unnecessarily opened a new front in the western coastal region of the country. By over-reacting to the activities of remnants of the Bashar al-Assad regime, mostly belonging to the Alawite community, the establishment is compelling the latter to re-group and revive. Global players are waiting in the wings to fish in the troubled water.

Hundreds of people, many reportedly civilians, were massacred in the latest bloodbath in the first week of March.

Before using excessive force against the Alawite minorities, Ahmed al-Sharaa administration will have to understand that the...