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Hula includes a number of Sunni villages. For several months, the region was under control of the army outside of Syria. When the offensive began on Friday, the rebels are to the center left to the army checkpoint on the outskirts of the attack. The surrounding area is predominantly populated by Alawites, a religious minority, which also includes the Assad clan. The protest movement, however, is how the total population, Sunni dominated. After assessment of human rights activist Wissam rate is therefore no accident that happened in Hula, "It is the seventh massacre of this kind, we have documented," he says. "They always happen in areas where a Sunni minority Alawite living with a majority together. These massacres are government policy, which aims to clear the Sunni communities."

Hula is now almost deserted and about 80 percent of the residents to have fled. For similar attacks for 13 quarters of the city of Homs are nearly empty, said Wissam tariff. At the same time the rebellion threatened in a war between religions turn over. Many activists believe that the regime of hatred between the religious communities deliberately foments. Views on the Internet to make the rounds murders of Alawites. "We lived together for decades. But we have felt for some time that something would happen," says Abu Dschaafar. "We knew they would do something to us as soon as they have the opportunity."

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