In response, the regime sent out its security forces and military police, the shabiha, a thuggish Alawite gang, and pro-government bruisers.

当局的回应是派出防暴警察和军警以及兇残的阿拉维派（Alawite）暴力团伙”萨比哈”（shabiha），还有亲政府的打手团伙。

It links the capital Damascus with an enclaves that「s home to the Alawite community which supports the Syrian President.

它连接着首都大马士革一块被包围的领土，而这里是支持叙利亚总统的阿拉维教派的家园。

It has long been a stamping-ground for his ruling family and a hub of his own minority Alawite sect, so the unrest has come dangerously close to home.

这里长久以来一直是第一家庭的聚会地点，也是他自己少数宗派Alawite的中心，因此动乱已经来到了家门口，非常危险。

Even the Assads」 own Alawite minority is not guaranteed to support the regime.

甚至阿萨德自己的少数派——阿拉维派也不能保证会支持现政权。

By recruiting key commanders from his minority Alawite sect and Sunni loyalists, Mr Assad controls the army and intelligence services.

阿萨德总统通过征召其手下阿拉维和逊尼保皇派的重要头目，将军队和情报机构置于己下。

My host is keen to avoid the Alawite neighbourhoods but we drive past so he can point to the empty streets and shuttered Windows.

我的东道主希望避开阿拉维派社区但我们还是有驱车经过，所以他能够指出空旷的街道和紧闭的窗户。

A secular Alawite who has often appeared on foreign television channels during the uprising, he has managed to win a surprisingly large following inside Syria.

还有一名叫Alawite的世俗派领袖，局势动蕩中，他经常出现在国外的电视台中，也因此在国内赢得了大批追随者。

In short, Morocco's 300-year-old Alawite dynasty may start to look a bit more like the popular Bourbons, still reigning across the straits in Spain.

简而言之，拥有三百年历史的摩洛哥阿拉维王朝可能会变得更像颇受欢迎的波旁王朝。波旁王朝现在仍然统治着海峡对岸的西班牙。

Sporadic attacks on security forces, of whom the government says 120 have been killed, seem to have specifically targeted Alawite officers.

据报道已经有120人死亡的针对保安部队的零星袭击似乎也是专门针对阿拉维派官员的。