830 civilians / day killed in Syrian alavitous massacre

The organization previously reported 745 killed, but the latest data show that the number of victims is higher.

Most civilians were killed, firing from a close distance, previously said SOHR.

« This Syrian conflict is one of the biggest massacres, » said Sohr leader Rami Abdurrahman, saying the murder of the last day's alavitus.

Alavites, followers of the Shiite Islamic branch, are 10% of the total number of Syrian population. Most people in the country are Sunni.

News of alavitous massacre have caused the condemnation of Western leaders, calls for the new Damascus to investigate and provide minority protection.

Syrian leader Ahmed Ash Shara on Sunday called on peace and national unity, with this encouragement coming after the bloody events of recent days in the provinces of alavitus minority.

The Syrian President's Office also announced on Sunday that a « independent committee » of seven people will be set up to investigate violent events in the west of the country.

Shara's Islamist group « Hayat Tahrir al -Sham » (HTS) – in its offensive in December, President Bashar al -Assad was overthrown – rooted in the « Al Qaeda » Syrian branch, and many governments, including the US, still consider it a terrorist organization.

Since the victory of the rebels, HTS has softened his rhetoric and promised to protect Syrian religious and ethnic minorities.