Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 Shiites | Inquirer News

Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 Shiites

/ 04:43 PM June 12, 2013

Israeli soldiers park armored vehicles during a drill in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria Wednesday, June 12, 2013. AP

BEIRUT— Activists say Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country’s east, killing dozens of Shiites there, mostly pro-government fighters.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 60 died in Hatla village in the province of Deir el-Zour on Tuesday.

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An activist based in the province says the rebel attack was in retaliation for an earlier attack by Shiites from Hatla that killed four rebels. The activist, Thaer al-Deiry, who identified himself only by his nickname for fear of government retaliation, spoke via Skype on Wednesday.

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The Observatory and al-Deiry say many Shiite villagers from Hatla were forced to flee to nearby Jafra.

The clashes came a week after Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah group captured the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border.

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