PUBLISHED: 12:02 EST, 16 September 2013 | UPDATED: 07:04 EST, 17 September 2013 Mothers and children, their bodies piled on top of each other, some still covering the baby they had died trying to protect. Newlyweds executed side by side, and entire families slaughtered as they huddled together for protection, only to be shot, their corpses stacked high and then torched. Details of a massacre, possibly one of the deadliest since the start of the conflict in Syria, have been released in a report released today by Human Rights Watch. It claims Syrian forces brutally slaughtered 248 people in the coastal towns of al-Bayda and Baniyas in May.
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Human Rights Watch claims Syrian forces slaughtered 248 people in May
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They included unarmed civilians, women and children, a report reveals
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The details have been compiled from accounts from witnesses
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Syrian government said it only killed terrorists but 'mistakes possible'
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