☄️| Coast Guards of the QUAD nations 🇮🇳India, 🇯🇵Japan, the 🇺🇸UnitedStates and 🇦🇺Australia — launch “QUAD at Sea Ship Observer Mission”. Being undertaken onboard the US Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Stratton, currently en route to Guam, USA.

💔| Massacre of Alawites by new govt of 🇸🇾Syria

⚠️ At least a dozen factions now under the new Syrian government’s command took part in a three-day March massacre of Alawites, Reuters found. Nearly half the factions have been under international sanctions for years for human rights abuses

😰 A young man’s heart was sliced out and placed on his body. His death was part of a wave of killings of Alawites by government forces along Syria’s coast from March 7-9, in response to a rebellion by ex-officers loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad