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Atrocity in Syria: Entire families massacred

NYT: A massacre in which entire families were executed has revealed new depths of ruthlessness in Syria’s war, inflaming sectarian divisions and making any hope of reconciliation appear ever more distant. Full story

Death toll in Syria likely as high as 120,000: group

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 94,000 people have been killed during Syria's two-year conflict, but the death toll is likely to be as high as 120,000, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. Full story

Dozens dead as Assad's forces storm coastal village

BEIRUT (Reuters) - State forces and militias loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stormed the coastal village of Baida on Thursday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Full story

Insight: Battered by war, Syrian army creates its own replacement

BEIRUT (Reuters) - In Syria, for scores of men called each month to join the army for deadly combat, there is a more attractive alternative: stay home, join a loyalist paramilitary group, and get a share of the loot in raids on President Bashar al-Assad's enemies. Full story

Syrian opposition Alawites call for rebellion in army

CAIRO (Reuters) - Opposition activists from Syrian's President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect called for his overthrow on Sunday and urged their co-religionists in the army to rebel. Full story

Syrian militias target civilians in Homs, opposition says

AMMAN (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, a doctor said, as fighting raged around a road junction on a supply line to government forces in the interior of the country. Full story

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Up to 200 hurt in attack on Syrian Alawite village: activists

Assad’s own sect divided over Syria unrest

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  Deadly clashes in Lebanon echo conflict in Syria

At least nine people die as Sunni Muslims and Alawites fight for a second day. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.

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Syrian children at a playground last week at a refugee camp in Zaatari, Jordan. Many speak of exacting revenge on the Alawites when they get back home.