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If I had been five minutes late, I would have been killed.
He managed to escape with his wife and two children to a Sunni neighbourhood, but said We have nothing to eat and we do not dare go out,
he said on condition of anonymity, fearing for his safety We will hold accountable, firmly and without leniency, anyone who was involved in the bloodshed of civilians... or who overstepped the powers of the state.
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
