More than 1,000 people were killed after two days of clashes between the Syrian security forces and the loyalists of the President ousted Bashar al-Assad.
The number of deaths of today's days of the clashes between the Syrian security forces and the loyalists of longtime longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, and the revenge murders, reached more than 1000 years on Saturday, which makes it one of the most deadly acts of violence in the country during a decade, according to a war surveillance group.
The Syrian Observatory based in the United Kingdom for Human Rights said that more than 750 civilians killed, mainly in close shootings, 125 government security forces and nearly 150 activists with armed groups affiliated to Assad were killed.
The war instructor also added that electricity and drinking water have been cut in supermarkets around the western coastal city of Latakia.
The clashes that broke out on Thursday marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after the insurgents took authority after the spectacular elimination of Assad du Power.
Assad was overthrown after the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) group organized a surprise offensive in early December, overthrowing its government, ending its 24-year term and more than five decades of the domination of the Assad family.
The government said they were responding to Assad forces' residents of the forces and blamed “individual actions” for creeping violence.
The revenge massacres that started on Friday with Sunni Muslim armed men loyal to the government against members of the Alawite Minority Alawite of Assad are a blow for the HTS. Alawites was a large part of Assad's support base for decades.
Residents of the villages and cities of Alawite indicated that armed men had opened fire to the Alawites in the streets or the gates of their homes. Many Allawites houses would also have been looted, then would have set fire to different areas.
Baniyas was one of the cities most affected by violence. Residents say that the bodies were scattered in the streets or left not buried in the houses and on the roofs of the buildings, no one with no one can recover them.
A resident told the Associated Press that the armed men had prevented residents from removing the bodies from five of their neighbors killed on Friday for hours.
Residents also added that the Baniyas attacks were blind and only aimed to take revenge on the Alawite minority for the atrocities committed by the Assad regime.
“It was very, very bad. The bodies were on the street, “said Ali Sheha, a 57 -year -old Baniyas resident while fled. He added that armed men were installed less than 100 meters from his building, shooting at random on houses and residents.
He also noted that in an incident, armed men would have Aske residents for their identity cards to verify their religion and confirm their alaouite sect before killing them.
The shocking incident sparked reactions and concerns from Western officials. The special envoy of Germany for Syria, Stefan Schneck went to X, formerly Twitter, condemning violence.
“I am deeply shocked by the many victims of western Syria and all call for peaceful solutions, national unity, inclusive political dialogue and transitional justice. We have to get out of the cycle of violence and hatred. Germany is ready to help wherever we can. »»
ADVERTISEMENTThe European Union’s business manager in Syria, Michael Ohnmacht, also commented on the tragic incident that takes place echoing the same rhetoric as his German counterpart. He also called at the end of violence and all parties to “have a restraint” and “respect the law of all the components of the Syrian people” to live in security and peace.
France expressed “its deep concern” in the face of recent violence in Syria. Paris “condemns the highest terms of atrocities committed against civilians on the basis of religion reasons and against prisoners,” said on Saturday in a statement.
France has urged the Syrian interim authorities to ensure that independent surveys “fully account for these crimes”.
