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DAMASCUS – Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes ...

By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian ...

In early March, masked men stormed homes in Damascus, targeting Alawite families with raids and detentions. Amid fears of ...

Those kidnapped included a retired teacher, an engineering student and a mechanic, all of them Alawite - the minority sect of ...

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