Author: Malek Fouda
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
An ambush on a security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days. Rights groups reported dozens of revenge killings resulting from Sunni militants targeting the minority Islamic sect. Most of the dead are apparently members of the Alawite community. Interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa has promised that the country will transition to a system that includes Syria’s mosaic of religious and ethnic groups under fair elections. Sceptics question whether that will actually happen. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Syrian authorities to “hold the perpetrators of these massacres” accountable.
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