Syrian committee reports 1,426 killed in March massacres of Alawites

AL-Monitor
Jul 22, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Yaser Farhan, spokesperson of Syrian investigation committee responsible for investigating the violence in Syrian coast holds a press conference, after the reported mass killings of Alawite minority members, in Damascus, Syria, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Yaser Farhan, spokesperson of Syrian investigation committee responsible for investigating the violence in Syrian coast holds a press conference, after the reported mass killings of Alawite minority members, in Damascus, Syria, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo — Khalil Ashawi

BEIRUT (Reuters) -A Syrian fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people, including 90 women, were killed during the March 7-9 massacres of Syrian Alawites along the country's Mediterranean coast.

The committee had come up with an initial list of 298 suspects and had sent two lists of names to the courts, spokesperson Yasser Farhan said.

(Reporting by Maya Gebeily; Writing by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Andrew Heavens)