Demetrios
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I think they would in relative terms. After all, the Cypriots are close to Alawites but they aren't touching. I would say the same distance they have from Cretans they also have from Alawites, who by they way are a coastal population.Interesting where the Alawites plot. I wonder if the Syrian ones would be the same.
Also, look again at the PCA i shared in post #2059. You can also find it in page 26 of this paper if you would like to zoom-in, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/05/16/322347.full.pdf. You see Syrians (green Xs) having a relatively broad distribution, with some being closer to Cypriots (probably the coastal Alawites) and some having the same distance as Cypriots have from mainland Greeks. Still though, where you would expect to find them based on geographical distribution.