### [2025-03-17](/feed/2025/03/17/index.md)

##### Syrian civil war
# Two massacres against Alawite Syrians kill fifty-seven. The number of reported civilians killed in coastal Syria primarily by sectarian executions from Syrian government-associated forces since March 6 increases to 1,557. 




### Sources:

1. [SOHR](https://www.syriahr.com/en/357944/)

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1. [Spiritual leader of Syria's Druze community Hikmat al-Hajari rejects any deal with the new Ahmed al-Sharaa-headed transitional government, accusing it of being "extremist in every sense of the word" and refusing to "recognize a terrorist" in reference to the concurrent sectarian massacres of Syrian Alawites. ](/feed/2025/03/13/spiritual-leader-of-syria-s-druze-community-hikmat-al-hajari-rejects-any-deal-with-the-new-ahmed-al-sharaa-headed-transi.md) _Context: Syrian civil war, Syrian government, sectarian_
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