Syrian rebels ’kill scores’ in village battle
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Syrian rebels have killed at least 60 people, including civilians and people loyal to the government, in a battle in a Sunni-majority village in the country’s east, activists said.
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A video posted online by rebels on Tuesday, entitled “The storming and cleansing of Hatla”, showed dozens of fighters carrying black flags celebrating and firing guns in the streets of a small town as smoke curled above several buildings.
“We have raised the banner ’There is no God but God’ above the houses of the apostate rejectionists, the Shias, and the holy warriors are celebrating,” the voice of the cameraman says.
One fighter shouts in the video: “This is a Sunni area, it does not belong to other groups.”
Most of the armed rebels in Syria are from the country’s Sunni majority, while President Bashar al-Assad has retained core support among the minorities, including his own Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam, along with Christians and Shia.