According to accounts from 13 witnesses in Damascus, however, the sectarian violence spread to the southern edges of Syria's capital, a few kilometres from the presidential palace.

According to accounts from 13 witnesses in Damascus, however, the sectarian violence spread to the southern edges of Syria's capital, a few kilometres from the presidential palace.

Exclusive-How Syria's Sectarian Violence Spread to Capital, Terrorizing Alawites By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes of Alawite families in the capital Damascus and detained more ...