While ensuring that their Alawite allies filled key positions in the military and intelligence services helped the Assads to retain their grip on the country, it was a strategy that widened and reinforced the Sunni-Shia rift among the population.
S'assurer que leurs alliés alaouites occupent les principaux postes militaires et des services secrets, a aidé les Assad à maintenir leur joug sur le pays. Cette stratégie a creusé et a renforcé la fracture entre sunnites et chiite dans la population.