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More than 1,000 dead after 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemns "radical Islamist terrorists" The death toll rises to more than 1,000 , a war monitoring group says.

Electricity and drinking water are cut off in large areas around Latakia .

Clashes erupted between security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed.

Many people are sheltering at the Russian air base in Hmeimim , Syria , says Nasser .

France expresses "deep concern" over recent violence in Syria .

France urges Syrian interim authorities to make sure independent investigations "shed full light on these crimes" Under Assad , Alawites held top posts in army and security agencies.

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