{"id":232318,"date":"2025-04-04T12:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/syrias-march-massacres-how-sectarian-violence-targeted-alawites\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:04:48","slug":"syrias-march-massacres-how-sectarian-violence-targeted-alawites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/syrias-march-massacres-how-sectarian-violence-targeted-alawites\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s March massacres: how sectarian violence targeted Alawites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VY-mOBhprPk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Syria\u2019s March massacres: how sectarian violence targeted Alawites\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VY-mOBhprPk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Four days of shocking violence in north-west Syria left more than 1,500 people dead \u2013 including at least 745 civilians \u2013 in some of Syria\u2019s deadliest days of fighting since the beginning of the civil war in 2011.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>Widespread revenge attacks against civilians have mostly targeted Alawites, a minority Islamic sect from which the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad hailed. 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