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This was one of the biggest massacres during the Syrian conflict,
Abdurrahman said about the killings of Alawite civilians
It was very very bad. Bodies were on the streets,
as he was fleeing, ... Sheha said, speaking by phone from 12 miles away from the city_03.jpg)
This is not about being pro or against the former Assad regime. These are sectarian massacres that aim to expel the Alawite population from their homes.”
Abdulrahman, a leading critical voice against the Assad-led government who documented its alleged killings for more than a decade, said
As I’m talking to you now, the corpse of my niece’s husband is in her home. They executed him in front of the family and no one can come to even console her,
said Adnan, whose family members reside in the Qusoor neighborhood and who said that all Alawite residents in the building were killed by government-affiliated gunmen
Remnants of the former regime sought to test the new Syria,
Al-Sharaa said in a televised address Friday, calling on the gunmen to lay down their armsThose who bet on chaos do not yet realize that the era of tyranny has ended,
said a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Defense on SaturdayAfter they shot my sister, I heard them loading up the fridge and washing machine from her home and driving away,
Abu Ali saidIsrael will defend itself against any threat from Syria,
he saidThe only reason I escaped was I managed to convince them I was Sunni and not an Alawite,
he saidThey forcibly brought people down to the streets, then they lined them up and started shooting them
a resident of Baniyasin told Sky News
The Christian churches, while strongly condemning any act that threatens civil peace, denounce and condemn the massacres targeting innocent civilians, and call for an immediate end to these horrific acts, which stand in stark opposition to all human and moral values,
the statement saidThe remnants of the old regime have killed more than 100 members of the security forces, including 15 civilians,
he said
The vast majority of the victims were summarily executed by elements affiliated to the Ministry of Defence and the Interior,
both under the Islamist-led authorities' control, the rights group said
All night, we heard the sounds of gunfire and explosions,
said Ali, a farmer living in Jableh, describing the urban battles in his areaYou attacked all Syrians and made an unforgivable mistake. The riposte has come, and you have not been able to withstand it,
Sharaa said in a speech broadcast on Telegram by the Syrian presidencyBoth sides feel like they're under attack, both sides have suffered horrific abuses at the hands of the other side, and both sides are armed,
Syria expert Aron Lund, a fellow at the Century International think tank, told AFPThere will be no more unregulated weapons,
he pledgedThis decision represents an important step towards Syria's return to the regional and international communities as a free and just state,
a Syrian foreign ministry statement saidWe've had enough of long periods of wars and tragedies,
said retiree Mazen Abdelmajeed
We reaffirm our principled position in support of the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic,
the statement said