Syria's first public trial over deadly coastal violence begins, involving 14 suspects linked to March's sectarian clashes.

The first trial has opened of some of the hundreds of suspects linked to deadly clashes in Syria's coastal provinces that quickly spiraled into sectarian attacks earlier this year.

ALEPPO, Syria/AMMAN - Syria on Tuesday began the first trial of suspects in a wave of bloodshed in March during which pro-government fighters killed hundreds of members of the Alawite minority - a case seen as a test of President Ahmed al-Sharaa's promise of accountability. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ALEPPO, Syria/AMMAN - Syria on Tuesday began the first trial of suspects in a wave of bloodshed in March during which pro-government fighters killed hundreds of members of the Alawite minority - a case seen as a test of President Ahmed al-Sharaa's promise of accountability. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The massacres in March left at least 1,426 people dead, most of them civilians, according to an inquiry body. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Syria opened on Tuesday the first public trial of more than a dozen suspects linked to the killings of at least 1,426 people  amid political turmoil in the Alawite coastal region earlier this year. 

Hundreds on docket for March violence in which over 1,400 were killed, mostly civilians, as fighting between government forces, supporters of ousted leader spiraled