Islamists kill 15 Alawite and Druze civilians in Syria: activists
Source: Reuters
BEIRUT Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:01am EST
(Reuters) - Islamist rebels killed at least 15 civilians from the minority Alawite and Druze sects in the central Syrian city of Adra on Wednesday and Thursday, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
One other victim was a pro-government fighter, said the British-based monitoring group, which has a network of sources across Syria.
Syria's Sunni Muslim majority has largely joined the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, who is an Alawite, while minority sects have largely stood behind him in the conflict that has killed more than 125,000 since it began in March 2011.
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Witnesses, activists and Syrian state media accused the Islamic Front, an alliance of several large rebel groups, and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front of carrying out the attacks.
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L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Was I the only one who knew this would eventually happen?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)I mean, who could have guessed?