Syria jihadists claim they killed Homs Alawites

[FarCenter]

The jihadist Al-Nusra Front said in an Internet statement on Sunday its fighters attacked three villages in Syria's Homs province and killed dozens of Alawites five days earlier.

"The people's wall of fear has been broken, as this was the first time these villages were entered and such a high number was killed," the Al-Qaeda-linked group said in the statement published on a jihadist forum.

Al-Nusra said its fighters entered the villages of Massudiyeh, Maksar al-Hissan and Jab al-Jerah on Tuesday and killed 30 members of the Alawite community, to which President Bashar al-Assad's clan belongs.

The statement said Al-Nusra fighters were urged by an Islamic jurist "to kill the Nusairis, enemies of God," using a pejorative term for Alawites.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130915-syria-jihadists-claim-they-killed-homs-alawites

[dkf]

1. I have been seeing so many reports of killing and atrocities on both sides.

Most don't have western sources so I do not know how to judge them.

Suffice it to say, it sounds like a hellhole there.

[ozone_man]

2. From BBC and Human Rights Watch

Seems to be reputable sources. I heard this on NPR last week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24486627