Background
Ali Sulayman al-Assad was the son of Sulayman al-Wahhish.
Ali Sulayman al-Assad was the son of Sulayman al-Wahhish.
He was the father of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. " Alawi people rejected attachment to Syria and wished to stay under French protection."
He was also one of the signatories of another letter to Blum, which implored the French not to abandon Syria, stating:
There is no hope that the situation will ever change. Therefore, the abolition of the mandate will expose the minorities in Syria to the dangers of death and annihilation, irrespective of the fact that such abolition will annihilate the freedom of thought and belief.".
