by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 6, 2013 | Middle East
Aleppo and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian Islamist opposition groups seized 11 Alawite-dominated villages along the Syrian coast on Monday, prompting civilians to flee to the city of Latakia. Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) announced...