Syrian interim government forces kill numerous Alawites, capital residents protest against violence
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), based in the UK, announced that 830 civilians from the minority Alawite Muslim sect were killed in a "massacre" by the interim government's security forces on the 7th and 8th in the coastal areas of western Syria. Ahmed al-Sha'a, head of the interim government, declared on the 9th that all those involved would be held accountable.
This incident has caused a great deal of outrage across the country, and on the 9th a protest rally against the violence was held in the capital, Damascus.
The BBC's Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus.
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An attack in Broad daylight in Jei, less than 20 miles from Latakia. This town is home to the Alawite minority, supporters of the former leader Bashar Al Assad, whose regime was toppled last December. The violence began after Assad loyalists ambushed government forces on Thursday. Government supporters then arrived. These pictures are believed to show them fighting the aloides. An estimated thousands of allogens have been killed, including women and children. These killings have caused anger across the country, including in the capital Damascus.
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People have gathered here in protest against the violence and against the killing they're chanting all syrians are standing together in solidarity and support to of the victims of the alawi community but also in Port of unity of this government uh they're calling for prosecution they're calling for justice and avoid any violence in the country so we are here just um in the stand like to to express peacefully that we are against the killing of the civilians from all part against the killing of the police and the other civilians some of the protesters began calling for Revenge.
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The police are firing in the air to disperse the protesters as there is tension coming from the interim president Ahmed alar called for National Unity at Don prayers this morning, and this evening he has announced an investigation into the killings, and his Fighters have moved into position in the coastal city of Latakia. By Lena Syra, BBC News, Damascus.
Syrian interim government forces kill numerous Alawites, capital residents protest against violence
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Clashes between the security forces of the interim government and armed groups supporting the former Assad regime have been continuing since the 6th in northwestern Syria, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on the 8th that more than 1,000 people, including more than 700 civilians, have been killed so far.
To the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in the UK, clashes have occurred between the security forces of the Syrian interim government and armed groups supporting the former Assad regime, which collapsed last December, in areas around Latakia in northwestern Syria, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,000 people in total. Of these, 745 civilians, including women and children, are said to be dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights points out that "collective retaliation may have been carried out," as many Alawites, who were central to the former Assad regime, live in the area around Latakia. Many sects and ethnic groups live in Syria, and the interim government has sought reconciliation by clearly stating its consideration for all sects, but this clash has highlighted the instability of the domestic situation.
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