According to local reports, more than 115 Shias have been killed across Syria in the past few months. Assailants have destroyed and set ablaze dozens of Shia-owned homes and businesses. The violence has forced many families to flee the area and seek refuge elsewhere.
The opposition and Western countries accuse Syrian security forces of being behind the killings in the country, but the government blames what it describes as outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups for the deadly violence, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.
