Christians, other minorities in Syria fear 'ethnic cleansing'

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27. From the Kurds point of view that is northern Iraq

and much more. Realistically they control northern Iraq which is why the Iraqi government had to ask permission to pursue AQ agents that fled into Northern Iraq (a.k.a. Kurdistan). The regional authority of the Kurds were too late to give the permission to continue the pursuit of AQ agents and the Iraqi government had to give up many times. Now, that AQ has directly attacked Iraqi Kurds, an uneasy alliance between the Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi government has been forged.

Enemies are now becoming friends to fight a common foe. This is how this will unfold.

There are a lot of foreign religious fighters in Syria currently (eg Chechnyans) and most Syrians regardless of of ethnic or religious background look down on religious extremism. So, while if the Assad regime does topple due to AQ, Al Nursa Front and these foreign religious fighters they will quickly be met with resistance by Syrians themselves.

This conflict is multi faceted, very dynamic and will not end anytime soon.