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            Jihadis Kill 20 Members of Minority Druze Sect in Syria

   by Associated Press

   An activist group and Syrian opposition faction say fighters of
   al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria have killed 20 members of the minority
   Druze sect in northwestern Syria.

   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Wednesday's
   shooting occurred after the Nusra Front tried to confiscate the home of
   a government official in the village of Qalb Lawzeh.

   It said fighters shot a villager dead before another captured the rifle
   of a jihadi and opened fire, killing a Nusra Front fighter.

   The Observatory said Thursday jihadis brought reinforcements and opened
   fire killing 20 residents.

   The main Western-backed Syrian National Coalition said "dozens of Druze
   young men" were killed.

   The Druze, a 10th century offshoot of Shiite Islam, made up about 5
   percent of Syria's prewar population of 23 million people.
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