AL QAA, Lebanon, March 29 (UPI) -- Syrian refugees say government violence against civilians, particularly Sunni Muslims, has spread into obscure villages and started to take a sectarian tone.
Civilians affiliated with President Bashar Assad's Alawite religious sect are reported to be shooting at their former Sunni neighbors, who say they feel the government appears to be trying to end the violence by removing any opposition -- either by death or displacement, The New York Times reported.