Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 Alawites 52 Ba'athist regime 51 Alawite 50 Baath regime 50 Sunni Muslim 49 Baath Party 49 authoritarian rulers 49 staunchly secular 48 authoritarian 48 Baathist 48 Shiite theocracy 47 Badr Brigade militia 47 Shi'ites 47 predominantly Shi'ite 47 Ba'ath Party 46 Shi'ite 46 father Hafez Assad 46 Baathist regime 46 Shi'ism 46 ruling Baath Party 46 dictatorships 46 Shiites 46 Shiite 46 authoritarian regimes 46 autocracies 45 Shi'as 45 authoritarian regime 45 Khomeinist 45 banned Muslim Brotherhood 45 rulers 45 Sunni 45 suppressing dissent 45 absolute monarchy 45 predominantly Sunni 45 Ba'athist 45 Wahabis 45 Baath party 45 Shiite Muslim 44 Bedouin tribes 44 Muslim Brotherhood 44 Shi'ite Muslim 44 theocratic regime 44 clerical establishment 44 Shiism 44 Shiite Muslims 44 Sultan Qaboos bin 44 authoritarian rule 44 Shia Muslims 44 autocrats 43 Wahhabi sect 43 Shi'ite Muslims 43 Badr Brigades 43 repressive 43 revered Shiite cleric 43 strongmen 43 iron fist 43 outlawed Baath Party 43 Saddam Baath 43 Salafists 43 Shiia 43 Shi'a 43 sheikdoms 43 Shi'i 43 Ba'ath party 43 theocracy 43 tribal loyalties 43 majority Shi'ites 43 brutally suppressed 43 repressive regime 43 theocratic 43 Shi'ite clerics 43 dictatorship 42 father Hafez 42 Ba'ath 42 deposed dictator Saddam Hussein 42 Islamist Muslim Brotherhood 42 Islamist 42 oligarchies 42 Saddam Baath Party 42 Syria 42 predominantly Muslim 42 Baath 42 dynastic rule 42 feudal 42 Hafez Assad 42 secular nationalist 42 repression 42 autocratic rule 42 Shia 42 clan loyalties 42 Maronites 42 Sciri 42 brutal dictatorships 41 bloodiest crackdown 41 juntas 41 Sunnite 41 undemocratic regimes 41 Shiite imam 41 clerical rulers 41 Saddam inner circle 41 Shias