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The security forces are accused of crimes including torture and extra-judicial killings, allegations they deny.

In February, the Parole Board announced Steele - who has never admitted the killings - could be freed.

Police said Victoria Goodwin told them that she had only been fantasizing about killing her husband and did not remember sending the messages, the website said.

They stormed many Alawite towns and villages across the region, where residents said they carried out revenge killings and looted homes and shops.

If she is impeached, under the constitution, she would be barred from holding high political office, killing her long-standing presidential ambitions and weakening the political power of the Dutertes even further.