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Syrian forces massacred 1,500 Alawites. The chain of command led to Damascus.
A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...
How Reuters counted the dead in the March killings of Syrian Alawites
Reuters spoke with over 200 families of victims during visits to massacre sites and by phone, 40 security officials, fighters ...
The Christian Post4d
1,450 Syrian Alawites were killed by gov’t forces, Islamist groups in violent attacks in March: report
Three months after reports of the killing of hundreds of civilians in Syria s Alawite coastal areas shook the world, a new, ...
How Syrian government forces and factions are linked to the mass killings of Alawites
LATAKIA, Syria -On January 29, Ahmed al-Sharaa and more than 12 other commanders from armed factions that joined forces to ...
UN commission says Syria must end violence against Alawites and protect places of worship
The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports ongoing sectarian violence despite commitments from Syria’s new government to ...
How Reuters investigated the massacres of Syria's Alawites
THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGESFor three days in March, Syrian Alawites were killed by the hundreds.We knew we needed to ...
Investigation Finds Syrian Forces Kill 1500 Alawites
The investigation, released by Reuters, uncovers the divide between the two Islamic sects in Syria, a polarization that ...
Christianity Today8d
One Muslim Sect Confesses a Trinity. It Includes Simon Peter.
However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the ...
Christianity Today11d
Fleeing a Massacre, Syrian Muslims Found Comfort Through Church
Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...
The West Claims to Champion the Persecuted. Middle Eastern Christians Prove Otherwise | Opinion
Syria's Christian population has been decimated from 1.5 million to under 300,000 since 2011. Yet the global silence reveals ...
The Straits Times5d
How Reuters counted the dead in the March killings of Syrian Alawites
LATAKIA, Syria -A Reuters investigation pieced together how the March 7-9 massacres of Syrian Alawites along the country’s Mediterranean coast unfolded, identifying a chain of command leading ...
The Straits Times5d
How Syrian government forces and factions are linked to the mass killings of Alawites - The Straits Times
A Reuters investigation found 1,479 Syrian Alawites were killed and dozens were missing from 40 distinct sites of revenge killings, rampages and looting. Five major groups were involved in the ...