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Ten people killed by gunmen in an Alawite village in Hama rovince

Ten people killed by gunmen in an Alawite village in Hama rovince

Hama, Central Syria, Jan. 25, 2025 (Credit: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)

At least 10 people were killed in an armed attack on a village belonging to the Alawite minority, from which ousted President Bashar al-Assad hails, in central Syria, a rights group reported on Saturday.

"Gunmen carried out a massacre on Friday night, killing 10 civilians in the village of Arzeh," in northern Hama province, "inhabited by members of the Alawite community," reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

At least 10 people were killed in an armed attack on a village belonging to the Alawite minority, from which ousted President Bashar al-Assad hails, in central Syria, a rights group reported on Saturday.

"Gunmen carried out a massacre on Friday night, killing 10 civilians in the village of Arzeh," in northern Hama province, "inhabited by members of the Alawite community," reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).