12 Alawites Killed by Jihadists in Syria's Homs
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Twelve civilians from Syria's Alawite minority, to which President Bashar Assad belongs, have been killed by jihadist fighters in the central province of Homs, a Syrian NGO said Wednesday.
Fighters from the Al-Nusra Front and another rebel group attacked three Alawite villages near the city of Homs Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Fierce clashes broke out between rebels and army troops," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence France Presse.
The rebels entered the village of Maksar al-Hissan and "shot 12 Alawites to death before leaving the area."
Troops retook the village on Tuesday night, after clashes in which they lost two men and killed several members of Al-Nusra, he added.
The region, which is mostly home to Alawites and Bedouin communities, has been largely free of fighting over the past year.
Government forces control most of central Homs province, parts of which have suffered some of the fiercest fighting and destruction in Syria's 30-month war.
11 September 2013, 16:15
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stop your propaganda southy. Who said christians were killed?
11 September 2013, 17:58
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the infedels never talk about the innocent sunni civilians that were slaughtered relentlessly for 2.5 years. the children, the women were killed just because they were sunnis and did not support the shia rule. ethmic cleansing was started by the shias and the sunnis are now taking revenge. some sunnis are out of control because of what they have seen there. inshaAllah all dirty infedels will hopefully be torched for eternity for what they are doing to Muslims. if you can't bare a small flame for a few seconds, how will you take intense fire burning your whole body for eternity with no death and no relief. the kuffar are very firm on their oppression and their place in jahannam will be full of pain and humiliation accordingly.
