A Syrian government investigation says sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year has left over 1,400 people dead, mostly civilians

A Syrian fact-finding committee on Tuesday confirmed that 1,426 people - mostly civilians, including many Alawites - were killed during a wave of violence in the country's coastal provinces between March 6 and 9.

In a damning final report released after a four-month probe, a Syrian fact-finding committee revealed that 1,426 people – the majority of them