Nusairis ideology in the Middle East (Syria case)

The Nusayries have great importance in the Middle East structure which has many ethnicities with their different culture and religions. Nusayri name is often mentioned both in the media and in academic articles due to Assad family in Syrian state administration and the civil war in Syria. So, who are these Nusayris? Is their advancement in the Syrian state structure is linked to their beliefs? Has Nusayri belief turned into an ideology in the historical process, or was it already an ideological structure in its emergence? There is no doubt that to answer these questions it is required to examine the history and anthropological development of Nusayris both religiously and culturally. To understand the unfolding of events took place in the region and also the development of the recent years. In this study, we will try to explain how they came to existence, the areas populated by Nusayries especially in Syria. We have tried to understand respectively the formation of Nusayris, belief systems, culture, the distribution of their settlements and how they have changed in history. We have evaluated the relation between the political progress of the closed society of Nusayris with their belief, whether their belief has turned into a political ideology and how a belief with an ideological character reflects itself. The range of the research about Nusayries will cover the times from Ottoman Empire term to the present days.