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The following is research published today from the MEMRI Special Dispatch Series and TV Project.

• Syrian Oppositionist Mamoun Al-Homsi: If the Alawites Do Not Renounce Bashar Al-Assad, We Will Turn Syria into Their Graveyard

• 'Abdallah 'Azzam Brigades Deny Involvement in Damascus Bombings

Special Dispatch No. 4389—Syria/Minorities in the Middle East

Syrian Oppositionist Mamoun Al-Homsi: If the Alawites Do Not Renounce Bashar Al-Assad, We Will Turn Syria into Their Graveyard

Following are excerpts from a statement by Syrian oppositionist Mamoun Al-Homsi, in which he saluted "the Sunnis of Syria," said "we will turn Syria into the graveyard of the Alawites if they do not stop the killing," and called, "down with the despicable political Shi'a."

The statement was posted on the Internet on December 20, 2011.

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3242.htm.

Mamoun Al-Homsi: "I salute the heroic Syrian people. I salute the heroes of Syria, the Sunnis of Syria. I salute you, brave men, defenders of your faith and your country."

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5955.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 4388—Syria/Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor/Al-Qaeda

'Abdallah 'Azzam Brigades Deny Involvement in Damascus Bombings

The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM.)

The jihadi forum Al-Fidaa published a communiqué by the 'Abdallah 'Azzam Brigades, a jihadi group identified with Al-Qaeda and purportedly active in Syria and Lebanon, in which the group denied the mujahideen had any involvement in the recent bombings in Damascus. The message, dated December 27, 2011, claimed that the Syrian regime had carried out the bombings itself, and said the fact that it had tried to pin them on the mujahideen proved that the regime was willing to employ any means to distract public opinion from its criminal deeds and to stave off its inevitable and imminent collapse. The group said that the mujahideen "do not cover up their actions and are not ashamed of them," but regularly claim responsibility for them in their official media organs.

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5954.htm.