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In July, repeated armed clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sawada killed hundreds of people.
Government-backed Sunni militias went on the rampage in a province where the majority of the population are Druze.
Local men responded by massing in the streets, chanting, arms in tow.
And that violence wasn't an isolated case.
In March, in coastal areas,
members of the Alawite minority were targeted by unidentified Sunni militias.
More than 1,400 people were massacred.
In the early months after the fall of former dictator Bashar al-Assad, Syria was euphoric.