Massacres and massacres in Syria

""The West speaks of an alleged massacre in May in the Tartus region, but does not say anything about the sectarian one committed by the terrorists against a dozen (Alawite) villages at the beginning of August in the Latakia area," a Syrian security official complained to AFP. "There were at least 1,000 dead -- they cut the men's throats, forced the women to walk naked in the streets, disembowelled pregnant women, but of course that does not interest human rights organisations or journalists," he said." There was a massacre in the Latakia area but the figure of 1000 seems highly inflated, to me.  Both sides commit crimes and both sides lie.  (thanks Basim)