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I fear for my life and the lives of my two children,
What happened from three months ago until today, equals what the Assads did to us in five decades. The Assads were criminals, and these (new rulers) are also criminals,
It was the battle for liberation. Now it’s a battle for purification (of Syria),
a narrator accompanying the armed convoys says To the Alawites, we’re coming to slaughter you and your fathers,
a man in military fatigues said in what sounded like an Egyptian accent in one of the videos filmed at night The Assad loyalists won’t be in the villages they attacked, these (armed men) were killing regular people in those villages,
These are the Alawite pigs,
a voice is heard saying before shooting an apparently lifeless body on open ground in another video People were fleeing, those who couldn’t were killed,
Bashir, another resident of Latakia, told CNN Are you still not dead? You’re still not dead,
he says before shooting him again Armed men were moving from house to house attacking people as a form of entertainment… They declared jihad on us from all over Syria,
said one resident of the city of Latakia, who chose to remain anonymous through concern for the safety of their family still in the city My 70-year-old uncle, a history professor, and his 60-year-old wife were killed in cold blood at home,
I was constantly in touch with my family; they told me there are gunfire sounds,
There’s no water and no power for more than 24 hours, the factions are killing anyone who appears in front of them, the corpses are piled up in the streets. This is collective punishment,
the Latakia resident said After they killed the father and his boys, they asked the mother to take her gold off, or they would kill her,
said the man who was close to the family but spoke under the condition of anonymity for his safety We are fully committed to maintaining civil peace and protecting all citizens -- there will be no tolerance for any violations of this principle,
Kinivati was quoted by state TV as saying We expect the death toll to be much higher,
They forcibly brought people down to the streets, then they lined them up and started shooting them,
said one resident of Baniyasin on the west coast of Syria The victims of this massacre were all civilians - just civilians and not Assad loyalists,
They left nobody. They left nobody at all. The scene that I saw was pure horror; it's just indescribable,
It was very very bad. Bodies were on the streets,
as he was fleeing ... Sheha said, speaking by phone from nearly 20 kilometers (12 miles) away from the city This was one of the biggest massacres during the Syrian conflict,
Abdurrahman said about the killings of Alawite civilians