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The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas. After 24 terrifying hours, a friend helped Samir Haydar, his wife and two sons escape. This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of a country torn by 14 years of civil war. Assad filled his security agencies and paramilitaries with members of the sect. Some Sunnis blame the entire community for Assad’s brutal crackdowns. Alawites say they also suffered under his rule. Rafik Haydar said armed men went into the building of one of his elder brothers. He said he saw fighters shoot a neighbor at the entrance of a nearby building. One fighter turned the body over to ensure he was dead. His father and the rest of the men were killed, Ali Sheha said. Haydar and his family escaped with help from a friend who negotiated for hours with the gunmen. The friend said that at one point, gunmen shoved and hit him, criticizing him for harboring Alawites. By the time they left, they had killed 25 members of her family, including her father and nine children between the ages of four and 15.

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