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However, peace negotiations are complicated by darker truths. A Reuters investigation uncovered that some of the Syrian commanders at the negotiating table were involved in overwhelming sectarian massacres, including the killing of approximately 1,500 Alawite civilians along the coast earlier this year. These atrocities involved a mixture of former rebel groups, Turkish-backed militias, foreign jihadists, and local civilians, reflecting the brutal realities underlying Syria’s complex civil conflict.