Syria Rebels Down Jets

"All the villages we are in control of now are Sunni. So far, the position of the Alawites in Latakia is ambiguous. We want a clear stance from them. We have sent them many messages telling them that we are not against them or targeting them but when their villages are used as a base for tanks to launch attacks against other part of Latakia, they become like witnesses to the killing of the Syrian people."
Brian Whitaker linked to a piece on Syria Comment [http://tinyurl.com/8nkzb6f] that linked back to this, but also gave a radically different account, followed by a comment section which I'm sure resolved the whole situation.