Islamists kill 15 Alawite and Druze civilians in Syria: activists

[Eugene]

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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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-syria-crisis-adra-idUSBRE9BB0PM20131212

[L0oniX]

1. They also got a hold of a bunch of US "nonlethal" aid ...which wasn't supposed to happen?

Was I the only one who knew this would eventually happen?

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. You should have informed the State Department, because they were apparently clueless.

I mean, who could have guessed?

[L0oniX]

4. Even NPR could have told them.

[Jesus Malverde]

3. bump... nt

[jessie04]

5. Well....Islam is a religion of peace.