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Syria’s new leader vows accountability after mass killings of Alawite civilians

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      What was their sin? They were coming home tired and hungry,
      The New York Times
      Ms. Shadood, 47, said
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      I don’t want another mother to cry like me,
      The New York Times
      Ms. Shadood said
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      If I sell everything I have, I won’t reach that amount,
      The New York Times
      he said from his home in Talbiseh, a suburb of the city of Homs, in central Syria
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      We want to feel safe again,
      The New York Times
      Mr. Kashi, a father of two, said as customers around him picked out lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers
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      They have to show their strength,
      The New York Times
      Mr. al-Izoo said of the new leaders
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      Today there is security, though there are small incidents here and there,
      The New York Times
      Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s interim president, said in an interview last month with an independent Syrian TV channel
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      Thank God for your safe return,
      The New York Times
      customers said as they shared news of other kidnappings
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      It is not fair to say that if they don’t succeed in establishing complete security within two or three months, that this is an indication of failure,
      The New York Times
      he said
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      My sons didn’t resist at all, but I could see them shrink away,
      The New York Times
      she said
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      We are protecting all components of the Syrian people and we do not discriminate between them. We will not allow the repetition of the tragedies of the Syrian people,
      The Independent
      Shibani said
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      They gathered all the men on the roof and opened fire on them,
      Le Monde
      Haidar said
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      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,
      Le Monde
      Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a video posted by state news agency SANA
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      Anyone involved in this matter will be referred to the judiciary."
      Le Monde
      In Jordan, Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said
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      One of the militants told her to take her gold off and said that otherwise they’d kill her daughter,
      The Washington Post
      the resident said
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      The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease, immediately,
      The Washington Post
      the U.N. commissioner for human rights Volker Türk, said Sunday
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      As an Alawite, I don’t see I have a future here in Syria,
      The Washington Post
      said one 36-year-old from the coastal town of Jableh, who hid in an abandoned building to escape the killings
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      Imagine your husband and three boys being killed in front of you,
      The Washington Post
      said the resident, who was not there at the time but relayed accounts from his neighbors
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      No one will be above the law, and all those whose hands are stained with Syrian blood will face justice — fairly and without delay,
      The Washington Post
      Sharaa said Sunday
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      Entire families were being wiped out,
      The Washington Post
      one doctor working in al-Qadmus, a town perched in the mountains in Tartus province, said of the bloodshed
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      They entered homes and carried out mass killings of all Alawites,
      The Washington Post
      she said