The revenge killings started on 6th March after Sunni Muslim gunmen loyal to the interim government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa began revenge killings against the Alawite minority community loyal to the Assad regime.
Assad was close to Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, both Shia allies. This further cemented the perception that Alawites were aligned with Shiite interests in a Sunni-majority country.
Clarissa Ward did not care to give the context that contrary to her claims, the man rescued was an intelligence officer of the Assad regime, who operated checkpoints in Homs notorious for "theft, extortion and coercing residents into becoming informants".
Indian nationals evacuated from war-torn Syria reached Delhi airport on Saturday. They expressed gratitude to PM Narendra Modi and Indian embassy for bringing them back home