More than 300 Alauitas civilians died during clashes in Damascus

Minoria Alauita is the one to which the deposed president belonged

More than 300 Alauitas civilians were killed, many performed by security forces, during clashes between troops of the new regime in Damascus and loyal insurgents to former President Bashar Al-Assad, a non-governmental organization (NGO) today.

The Alauita minority is the one to which the deposed president, Bashar al-Assad belonged.

“Today we are talking about the death of at least 304 civilians,” said the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdelrahman.

The same responsible added in a statement that more than 200 other fighters on both sides were killed in the clashes, which broke out on Thursday in the Latakia Coastal Province, raising the total number of dead to over 500.