BEIRUT — Gunmen killed at least two dozen male residents of an Alawite town in Syria’s rural coastal region on Friday, two Alawite activists and a war monitor said, citing contacts in the region and video footage from the scene. Reuters was able to verify the location in the video as Al Mukhtareyah, near the main M4 highway, using a road, buildings, trees and a utility pole which matched satellite imagery of the village. It showed at least 20 men lying in close proximity – some bloodied – by the side of a road in the town center. The precise