CBC: Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated
that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said.
The reported exodus from Banias came after activists said Friday that regime troops and gunmen from nearby Alawite areas beat, stabbed and shot dozens of people in the Sunni Muslim village of Bayda, 50 kilometres east of Banias.
About 4,000 people were seen fleeing from the Mediterranean city of Banias, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Many in the coastal town report that pro-government gunmen were on Friday targeting people living in Sunni neighbourhoods. Several thousand people are fleeing the Syrian coastal city of Banias, activists say.
The Sunni majority forms the backbone of the rebellion, while President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam, anchors the regime's security services and the military's officer corps. Other minorities, such as Christians, largely support Assad or stand on the sidelines, worried that the regime's fall would bring about a more Islamist rule.
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Everyone has heard "Are you with Assad or are you with the terrorists?" It is not supposed to read "Are you with Assad and his terrorists or with the other side and their terrorists?" We know the Shia fear reprisals if the opposition wins. It looks like the majority Sunni have reason to fear reprisals if Assad wins.
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