OUTRAGES IN SYRIA.
By Telegraph—Proas Association —Copyright. 11 The Times ” Service. CAIRO, May 16. A typical story of native outrages in Syria has been received. The Metwallis tribe attacked three Christian villages in Upper Galilee beCamte they had nob paid money demanded. They looted and burned dwellings and churches and a monastery, and mercilessly slaughtered the villagers. The most favoured method was to tie a coat over the head of a victim, whom they would drench with, petrol and set on fire. Nine women were killed in one hour.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18411, 18 May 1920, Page 5
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89OUTRAGES IN SYRIA. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18411, 18 May 1920, Page 5
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