Alawites prepare as IS, Jabhat al-Nusra close in on regime areas
Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad long dismissed the threat from the Islamic State, but that threat has become real as jihadists move into the Homs countryside, approaching Alawite and Christian areas.
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