Hundreds of people have been killed in Syria after clashes between pro-government and pro-Assad forces escalated into sectarian violence, drawing furious condemnation of the country’s new leaders from the US.
Many of those targeted were Alawites, members of a minority sect to which former president Bashar al-Assad belongs and who dominated the top ranks of the former regime’s security forces.
The violence has become the greatest threat to the country’s stability since Assad was ousted in December, with the defence ministry saying clashes were ongoing in parts of the western coast on Sunday morning.
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