Syria: BBC finds families sheltering at Russian airbase from sectarian attacks
Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.
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That was the last Dalaal saw of her son. She says he was shot dead by the gunmen who abducted him.
Dalaal is from Syria's Alawite minority sect, which was targeted in a surge of sectarian violence since last week.
"Everyone knew he had diabetes and anaemia disorder, and he was just doing his best to get by."
The BBC team found Dalaal seeking refuge alongside thousands of other people in a remote Russian airbase in the country's western coastal region.
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