Mr. Issa Sharba (Abu Ibrahim), 63 years old, was killed yesterday in his village in western countryside. Militants from shot him in the middle of the main road while he was driving a passenger van, si

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⁦ ⁩ is home to both ⁦ ⁩ and ⁦ ⁩ residents. After the fall of the regime, the Alawite residents were subjected to attacks, kidnappings, killings, and theft, which led many of them to flee toward the coast. The number of Alawites in the village decreased from around 2,500 people to fewer than 100, most of whom are elderly, believing that their old age might forgive them for the “crime” of being born as Alawites.

‏In the picture is a post published yesterday by the largest Facebook page for the village ⁦ ⁩, where the writer calls for revenge, killings, forced displacement, and “Tashbih= bullying” actions against the minority members of their village, blaming them for the crimes of the Assad regime.