Sectarian tensions flare and turn deadly in Syria after mosque bombing
At least three people were killed on Sunday during Alawite protests in western Syria, health authorities said, as thousands took to the streets across the religious minority’s heartland following a deadly mosque bombing. Thousands in coastal provinces and central Syria participated in demonstrations called by a religious authority to protest the mosque attack in Homs…
At least three people were killed on Sunday during Alawite protests in western Syria, health authorities said, as thousands took to the streets across the religious minority’s heartland following a deadly mosque bombing.
Thousands in coastal provinces and central Syria participated in demonstrations called by a religious authority to protest the mosque attack in Homs on Friday that killed eight people and reignited minorities’ fears under the new Islamist authorities.
War monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian security forces shot and killed two people in the predominantly Alawite province of Latakia while dispersing a protest by members of the minority.
Syria’s official SANA news agency quoted the Latakia health directorate reporting “three deaths and 60 injuries” in “attacks by remnants of the former regime on security forces and civilians during protests in the city”.
The interior ministry issued a statement later on Sunday announcing the death of one of its security personnel.
