Over 1,000 Reported Killed, Mostly Civilians, as HTS Syrian Forces Attack Alawites

The situation in northwestern Syria continues to spiral out of control this weekend, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been surging forces into the Alawite homelands in the Latakia and Tartus Governorates, clashing with Alawite militias and slaughtering civilians. The fighting erupted Thursday, when the militias launched an organized attack on an HTS-run checkpoint near [...]