More than 1,000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says
Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers killed more than 340 people, the head of a war monitor said.
Hundreds of Civilians Killed by Government Forces in Syria, War Monitors Say
More than 1,000 people have been killed in fighting between forces of the new government and remnants of the ousted regime, according to a war monitor, which said about 700 were civilians.
War monitor says 2 days of clashes, revenge killings in Syria have left more than 1,000 dead
The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, including nearly 750 civilians,
A war monitor and an Arab TV station say dozens of men have been killed in revenge attacks in western Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A war monitor and an Arab TV station say dozens of men have been killed in revenge attacks in western Syria. The U.S. embassy reiterated the level four "do not travel" rating.
340 Alawite civilians killed in west Syria: War monitor
Syria’s coastal region is witnessing escalating violence, with at least 340 Alawite civilians killed in documented field executions, and 120 combatant deaths reported among rebels and remnants of the former regime,
Gunmen Kill Dozens in Syrian Alawite Town, Sources and War Monitor Say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least two dozen male residents of an Alawite town in Syria's rural coastal region on Friday, two Alawite activists and a war monitor said, citing contacts in the region and video footage from the scene.
Syria monitor says security forces 'execute' 69 Alawites after fierce clashes
A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to toppled president Bashar al-Assad.Thursday's violence saw the fiercest attacks on the country's new authorities since Assad was ousted in a lightning offensive by Islamist-led rebels in December.
Syria forces beef up security amid reports of mass killings of Alawites
Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed more than 500 civilians
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Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war, AP explains
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor ...
A Syrian war monitor says the death toll rises to more than 600 in recent violence
A Syrian war monitor says the death toll rises to more than 600 in recent violence.
Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of civil war
But despite authorities calling for an end to the sectarian incitement, the clashes turned deadly, and many civilians were ...