section_path: Violence and massacres/March/11 March
section_name: 11 March
paragraph_text: 11 March
  
  During 11 March, the SOHR said it had documented the killings of 132 Alawite civilians in three separate massacres, bringing their cumulative total to 1,225 civilian deaths in forty-seven separate massacres since 6 March. The bodies of eight civilians were found dumped in a well in Al-Sabinah, Rif Dimashq Governorate. The bodies had several gunshot wounds, indicating, according to SOHR, that their deaths were from a field execution.
  
  The BBC noted the circulation of several videos on social media filled with hate speech against and incitement of violence towards Alawites.
  
  The United Nations Human Rights Office reported that "entire families including women and children" had been killed. The United Nations Refugee Agency reported that more than 6,000 people had fled across the border into northern Lebanon by 11 March. Several families were left homeless due to the destruction and arson of their homes, with many others hiding in forested and mountainous areas in order to avoid the potential return of militants. Displaced residents faced a humanitarian crisis due to severe food, healthcare, and essential goods shortages caused by deprivation of service to the region. Several families, especially among those living in villages on the outskirts of Baniyas, were targeted with direct gunfire from far away. Civilians sheltering at the Russian-controlled Khmeimim Air Base refused to leave the grounds.
  
  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights documented numerous survivor testimonies stating that militia forces forced themselves into residences, asked the residents if they were Sunni or Alawite, and would execute those who indicated the latter.