Beirut, Lebanon, June 4, 2025 (AFP) - Syria monitor says 8 Alawites shot dead by security forces

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2025-06-04

Eight civilians from Syria's Alawite minority were shot dead by "security checkpoint personnel" on Wednesday in the central province of Hama, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said that "security checkpoint personnel carried out a field execution of eight civilians, including three women, and injured five others -- all Alawite" travelling in "a civilian passenger bus" in the western Hama countryside. bur-lk/ysm/a......

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