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Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians

Update: 11:16, 9 March 2025

Syrian security forces are alleged to have killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the Alawite minority group in continuing violence along the country's coast, according to a war monitoring group.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said some 745 civilians had been killed in around 30 "massacres" targeting Alawites on Friday and Saturday.

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