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JERUSALEM — Syria has been expelling much of its majority Sunni community, a report said.

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the regime of President Bashar Assad was changing the demographic balance in Syria. In a report, the center said Assad was transforming Syria from a Sunni to a Shi’ite country that included the destruction of the Palestinian community.

“Syria is being transformed from a Sunni to a Shi’ite country not only demographically but also in religious terms,” the report, titled “Demographic Upheaval: How the Syrian War Is Reshaping the Region,” said. “The Syrian ethnic-cleansing policy also includes the Palestinians in Syria.”

Author Pinhas Inbari said the Assad regime was “systematically destroying” Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Inbari, a leading analyst on Arab affairs, said air strikes on the refugee camps were meant to prompt Sunni emigration.

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