{"id":30047,"date":"2014-06-16T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/06\/16\/widespread-concern-extremists-will-prevail-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:19:42","slug":"widespread-concern-extremists-will-prevail-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/06\/16\/widespread-concern-extremists-will-prevail-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread Concern Extremists Will Prevail in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strong majorities in most of Syria\u2019s neighboring countries, especially in Lebanon and Israel, fear an extremist takeover in Damascus. The least concern is in Turkey, despite a number of terrorist incidents on the Turkish-Syrian border. In Lebanon, Christians are the most worried about extremism next door. In Israel, Jews are somewhat more worried about extremists in Syria than are Arabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the map below for detailed results from our Spring 2014 survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/06\/16\/widespread-concern-extremists-will-prevail-in-syria\/pg_14-06-16_syriaextremists-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e7e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e7e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"484\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/06\/PG_14.06.16_SyriaExtremists.png?resize=420,484 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/06\/PG_14.06.16_SyriaExtremists.png?w=420\" alt=\"PG_14.06.16_SyriaExtremists\" class=\"wp-image-39455 not-transparent\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong majorities in most of Syria\u2019s neighboring countries, especially in Lebanon and Israel, fear an extremist takeover in Damascus. The least concern is in Turkey, despite a number of terrorist incidents on the Turkish-Syrian border. In Lebanon, Christians are the most worried about extremism next door. 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