telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2013
A researcher from the organisation interviewed survivors of an offensive against villages occupied by members of the Alawite sect to which the Assad family belongs in Latakia province, confirming widespread reports of atrocities.
The attack followed regime massacres of hundreds of civilians in two Sunni towns in the same province in May, and was described by the militants’ own propaganda outlets in highly vengeful, sectarian terms.
Alawite villagers told how they returned to their homes to find relatives – often those too old or infirm to flee – butchered.
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