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Syria's Alawite community denounces mass forced evictions by security forces

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An Alawite man is waiting for workers to move all his belongings from his home while he and his family are being evicted.
An Alawite man waiting for workers to move all his belongings from his home while he and his family are being evicted. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / REUTERS
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Syrian Alawites report being forced to evacuate their homes in Damascus at gunpoint by security forces. "We're talking about thousands of evictions," Bassam Alahmad, director of the Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) human rights group, told Reuters.

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