Beloved Moderate Rebels Accused Of Slaughtering Hundreds Of Civilians In Syria After Toppling Assad

Syria’s new government faces accusations of massacres as violent three-day-long clashes between its forces and loyalist fighters supporting ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad claim the lives of over 300 civilians and scores of fighters, according to reports.

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday that Syrians belonging to the Islamic ethno-religious sect called the Alawites feared that a massacre against them was underway as sectarian forces staged operations in search of militants who attacked government forces. Assad is a member of the Alawites.