Suha Ma'ayeh

1 month ago | wsj.com | Suha Ma'ayeh |Saleh Al-Batati

Reports of a wave of killings in Syria’s coastal region sparked an international outcry, including a rebuke from the U.S., and further inflamed sectarian tensions in what has become the most serious crisis yet for the war-torn country’s new government. The violence began ahead of the weekend with a series of deadly ambushes of state security forces by what the government said were insurgents who supported the deposed Assad regime.