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People protest in the center of Damascus following violent clashes in Syria's coast over the weekend between pro-government security forces and armed factions loyal to ousted former President Bashar al-Assad.
The deadly violence erupted in Syria's Alawite heartland that saw hundreds killed in attacks targeting the religious minority or in clashes between security forces and armed groups loyal to Assad.
U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday condemned the "radical Islamist terrorists" behind "massacres" of minorities in Syria and demanded that the interim administration hold those responsible to account.
War monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights later reported that security forces and allied groups killed at least 745 Alawite civilians in Latakia and Tartus provinces.
Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led the Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham that spearheaded the lightning offensive that toppled Assad, called for national coexistence after the killings.
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People protest in the center of Damascus following violent clashes in Syria's coast over the weekend between pro-government security forces and armed factions loyal to ousted former President Bashar al-Assad.
The deadly violence erupted in Syria's Alawite heartland that saw hundreds killed in attacks targeting the religious minority or in clashes between security forces and armed groups loyal to Assad.
U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday condemned the "radical Islamist terrorists" behind "massacres" of minorities in Syria and demanded that the interim administration hold those responsible to account.
War monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights later reported that security forces and allied groups killed at least 745 Alawite civilians in Latakia and Tartus provinces.
Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led the Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham that spearheaded the lightning offensive that toppled Assad, called for national coexistence after the killings.
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