‘Pray for us. They’ve arrived’: How Syria descended into revenge bloodshed
The cries for revenge reached fever pitch on March 6. Dozens of messages posted by various armed factions on social media, ...
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Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
The Assad family, members of the minority Alawite sect ... Another video circulating on Syrian social media showed a man ...
Killings in Syrian village foreshadowed flare-up of sectarian violence
The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building since the ouster of President Assad.
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UK presses Syria’s interim government to guarantee safety of all Syrians
Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer made a statement to the House of Commons following clashes ... community loyal to the deposed Bashar Assad government in the country’s coastal region.
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Syrians tell of persecution during fierce fighting and sectarian-driven revenge killings
Akram has been watching helplessly as his neighbours' homes burn from a hilltop where he took refuge after pro-government gunmen raided villages in the coastal area, the heartland of the Alawite ...
Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland
The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...
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Syria: Hundreds killed as reprisals over pro-Assad attacks spark massacres
At least 745 Alawite civilians were killed in Latakia and Tartous over three days, SOHR reported, in addition to 148 ...
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Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
The Assad family, members of the minority Alawite ... social media showed a man dressed in military fatigues pull up to a house on a motorcycle, and tell its resident to look at the camera before ...