Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Syrian court has issued its first verdicts linked to mass killings in coastal areas last year, with two supporters of the deposed government receiving a death sentence and life in prison, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
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supporters → issue → Agency
The military criminal court in Aleppo on Thursday also sentenced a former member of government forces to 20 years in prison, while a fourth person was acquitted.
asserted
person → sentence → prison
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asserted
hikes → test → pain
The sentences are the first in a judicial process launched last November, when 14 people were accused of involvement in the mass killings.
asserted
people → launch → killings
The court has held several public hearings to examine evidence and consider arguments presented by the defendants.
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court → hold → defendants
Further verdicts are expected next week.
asserted
verdicts → expect → ?
Hundreds of people from the Alawite religious minority, to which ousted President Bashar al-Assad belongs, were killed last March.
asserted
Assad → oust → which
The mass killings followed attacks on the new government’s security forces by armed groups aligned with Assad.
asserted
killings → follow → Assad
Counterattacks soon spiralled out of control, targeting civilians in the coastal regions.
asserted
Counterattacks → spiral → regions
The National Commission of Inquiry said last year that it had verified serious violations leading to the deaths of at least 1,426 mostly civilians and identified 298 suspects.
asserted
it → say → suspects
It said that 238 members of the security forces and army had been killed in attacks attributed to al-Assad’s supporters.
asserted
members → say → supporters
The commission estimated that authorities sent 200,000 fighters as reinforcements to the region.
asserted
authorities → estimate → region
The violations were individual and indiscriminate in nature, rather than organised or part of a systematic pattern, according to the commission.
uncertain
violations → accord → commission
However, a United Nations investigation found that violence targeting civilians by government-aligned factions had been “widespread and systematic”.
asserted
violence → find → factions
A UN commission said that during the killings, homes in Alawite-majority areas were raided and civilians were asked “whether they were Sunni or Alawite”.
asserted
they → say → areas
“Alawite men and boys were then taken away to be executed,” it said.
asserted
it → take → ?
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