This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Rachel Wright, and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 7th of March, these are our main stories.

Syrian government forces are reported to have executed more than 50 people in Latakia province,

where troops have been fighting Assad loyalists.

More than 180 people are missing after four boats

capsize off the coast of East Africa. A South Korean court has ordered the release of the

impeached president, Jung Sung-Yor, after ruling that the warrant for his arrest in January

was invalid. Also in this podcast, an international conference to discuss the Geneva Conventions in relation to Gaza

has been cancelled at the last minute.

One international lawyer says it's needed now more than ever.

That is maybe where we do have a duty to educate people.

It is completely illegal under international law after the

Second World War to gain territory through the use of force. And the strange story of the webcam

doorbell to help fish stuck in Dutch canals. The government of Bashar al-Assad ran Syria with rare brutality.

Now, reports say their al-Awhite supporters may be suffering some of the same treatment.

It's been reported that Syrian security forces have carried out a mass execution

of about 50 members of the al-O-white minority in the coastal province of Latakia,

a stronghold of Assad support.

There's unverified video showing dozens of bodies in the yard of a house.

Another video is circulating showing a body being dragged by a speeding car in Latakia on Thursday night.

Yeah. by a speeding car in Latakia on Thursday night. Syrian government forces are carrying out a big security operation after clashes with

al-a-white gunmen which left more than 70 people dead.

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