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Hundreds of civilians reported killed in massacres as violence in Syria spirals

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 1,018 people have been killed in the past two days , including 745 civilians it says were killed in "sectarian massacres" Pro-government forces have been accused of killing scores of residents in revenge massacres.

The fighting has gripped areas on Syria ’s western coast, in the former Assad heartland around Latakia and Tartus .