Syria, UN

Entire families killed in Syria sectarian violence, UN says
Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last week, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.
Whole families dead in recent Syria violence, says UN
The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far higher.
A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 years of civil war — and it threatens to open an endless cycle of vengeance
‘Entire families’ killed in Syria fighting, UN says
Hundreds reported killed in violence in Syria’s coastal region, which is heavily populated by Alawites. Entire families including women and children have been killed in Syria’s coastal region as part of recent a series of sectarian killings by rival groups, the UN human rights office said.
UN denounces 'distressing scale of violence in coastal areas' in Syria
Reports continue to emerge of the distressing scale of violence in Syria’s coastal region since 6 March. The UN Human Rights Office has so far documented the killing of 111 civilians, but the process of verification is ongoing,
UN reports "entire families" killed in Syria's coastal region
By bna Cairo bureau Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal region during a military campaign against Alawites, the UN Human Rights Commission announced on March 11. In footage viewed by IntelliNews' Middle East and North Africa bureaus,
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Syria clashes have killed more than 300 people since Thursday, monitoring group says
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Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
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Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria's deal with Kurdish-led group
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EU invites Syria’s HTS regime to Brussels after slaughter of Alawites
Sham (HTS) administration to an official conference in Brussels after the slaughter of hundreds of Alawites in the country's ...
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World must intervene to stop killing of Alawites in Syria, says Lebanese MP Haydar Nasr
Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...