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Syria Rebels Threaten to Eradicate Alawites if Al-Qusair falls.
Communities inhabited by Shiite Muslims and President Bashar al-Assads Alawite minority will be wiped off the map if the strategic city of Al-Qusair in central Syria falls to government troops, rebel forces said. Fighter planes and heavy artillery pounded the city [May 21st], the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in an e-mail. It said two people were killed during clashes between rebels and government troops backed by Hezbollah fighters, bringing the death toll from clashes at Al-Qusair in the last three days to more than 90. Bassam al-Dada, a political adviser to the Free Syrian Army, said from Istanbul yesterday that Assads forces were still at the outskirts of the city. Our people are still fighting inside and very strongly, but its not an easy situation, he said. Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-22 |
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