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Frontline report: Syrian govt forces monitored armed civilians during sectarian violence | BBC News
Armed gunmen in Syria who carried out a wave of recent sectarian killings of the country’s Alawite minority were monitored by government forces, according to evidence gathered by the BBC.
One man, Abu Khalid, said he had travelled as a civilian fighter to the Mediterranean coastal village of Sanobar on 7 March, to help battle former regime insurgents.
He filmed himself shooting dead a 64-year-old village resident, Mahmoud Yusef Mohammed, at the entrance to his house. Abu Khalid, who has now been arrested, insisted his victim was an armed insurgent. However video he filmed of the incident does not support his account. He now says he had been told by the government security officials not to harm civilians but only to shoot at insurgents.
Human rights groups estimate that almost 900 civilians, mainly Alawites, were killed by pro-government forces across Syria’s coastal region in early March. The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam and its followers make up around 10% of Syria’s population, which is majority Sunni. Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad who fled the country last December is an Alawite.
Syria’s coastal area – a stronghold of the former regime – has been largely sealed off, but a BBC team gained access, speaking to witnesses and security officials about what happened in Sanobar. The violence came a day after fighters loyal to the country’s former President led deadly raids on government security forces.
Syria’s new Sunni Islamist-led government had called for support from various military units and militia groups to respond to those raids – but that escalated into a wave of sectarian anger against Alawite civilians.
Witnesses told the BBC that several armed groups had targeted Alawites and carried out summary executions. Some also said that government security forces had battled violent and extremist factions in order to protect Alawite villagers from attack.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Sanobar.
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Russia has been ramping up its efforts to strangle Ukraine’s commercial links to the outside world, by launching waves of attacks along the country’s Black Sea coastline.
While there have been Russian attacks on international vessels before, they’ve never been so numerous or so deadly. Ukraine’s port administration says there were 57 Russian attacks on civilian vessels last month. Ukraine’s once bustling ports – such as Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Pivdennyi – are almost devoid of ships.
Ukraine is also targeting shipping in the war, with recent, highly successful attacks on Russian vessels, including sanctioned tankers carrying oil, as well as ships involved in carrying supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea.
Using its own drones, Ukraine has struck around 200 Russian vessels, bringing traffic in the strategic Sea of Azov to a virtual standstill.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Paul Adams
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Russia has attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 17 people, as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said interceptors “could have saved lives”.
In one of the deadliest strikes across Kyiv this year – which started after midnight on Wednesday – at least 44 people were injured after residential buildings, a railway station and warehouses were hit, Zelensky said.
The Russia defence ministry said it had struck logistics hubs and supply centres in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
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How progressive Abdul El-Sayed won in Michigan – and why it could shake-up US politics | BBC News
Left-wing political outsider Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
The former public health official said “In the words of Mohammad Ali, ‘We shook up the world’.”
He will face Republican and Trump ally Mike Rogers, in November’s midterm elections. If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the US senate.
But what do we know about him, and what does his victory mean for the Democrats?
In this video:
00:00-01:15 – Intro
01:15-02:37 – Who is Abdul El-Sayed?
02:37-04:07 – Key issues for Michigan voters
04:07-04:38 – Is Michigan a swing state?
04:38-05:20 – Who is Mike Rogers?
05:20-07:40 – The trend of progressive Democrats
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Iran says it has agreed shipping route with Oman, as Trump continues military threats | BBC News
Iran says it has agreed a shipping route with Oman in the Strait of Hormuz that could pave the way for the vital waterway to reopen.
It follows more military threats from US President Donald Trump, if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal for free passage.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, while Israel has conducted strikes in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire.
And inside Iran, the UN say 56 people have been executed since mid-March on charges relating to national security.
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