Reports of hundreds of dead civilians in Syria – Diepresse.com
In Syria, new fights have broken out between supporters of the fallen Assad regime and security forces from the transitional government. An observation center spoke of massacres in at least 21 locations. It is an act of retaliation.
According to activists, more than 600 people have been killed in massacres and battles in the new escalation in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in London reported, reported at least 428 people, reported at least 428 people. Women and children are also among the victims. In addition to the civilians, more than 200 combatants were also killed on both sides.
The observation center based in Great Britain, which pursues the conflict about a network of informants, spoke of massacres in more than 20 locations in Latakia, Tartus and Hama. The western coastal regions are considered to be the colleges of the Alawites, a religious community, which also the fallen ruler Bashar al-Assad listened. The observation center accused the Islamist interim government of war crimes.
Some residents of the coastal region said thousands of Alawites and Christians had left their houses out of fear for their lives since Thursday. Several hundred people, especially women, children and the elderly, were looking for refuge at a Russian military base in Syria, as can be seen from the film material created on site and was reported by two people familiar with the matter. This information could also be checked independently.
Foreign Ministry calls for de -escalation
« We ask all sides to de-escalate and put the perpetrators in court, and renew our call to the DE-FACTO authorities to ensure a peaceful and inclusive political transition, » the Foreign Ministry posted in Vienna on X and Bluesky. The pictures from Syria are « disturbing », it continued.
Transitional president Ahmed Sharaa turned to the population on Friday evening. Steading of the fallen ex-government had tried to « test the new Syria » with attacks. Sharaa praised the security forces' reaction and called on the attackers to put down their weapons. Anyone who commits attacks against civilians is punished hard, the former rebel manager announced at the same time. He did not mention reports on massacres.
The U.N.-Syria for Syria, Geir Pedersen, was « deeply concerned ». In a message, he called on all sides to refrain from actions, « which further heat up the tensions, escalate the conflict, aggravate the suffering of the affected communities, destabilize Syria and endanger a credible and integrative political transition ». The protection of the civilian population must be preserved in accordance with international law.
« Massers were committed to the Alawite religious community, » said the director of the observation center, Rami Abdel-Rahman, the German Press Agency (dpa). Activists from the city of Idlib, with whom the dpa could speak, blamed armed supporters of the transitional government. They are said to have opposed commands from Damascus. On the other hand, Syrian state television reported that unknown people are disguised with uniforms of the government troops and the deeds are said to have committed to a civil war.
First big test for temporary president Shaara
Secret service chief Anas Khattab called his own fighters to restraint. Transitional President Sharaa called « all the forces that have participated in the fights » to accommodate themselves to the military's commanders and « immediately clear the positions in order to control the current violations ». For the former rebel chief, the arguments have been the first big test since the takeover.
« The remnants of the old regime take advantage of the limited military and security policy capacities of the Syrian government to hinder the political transition in Syria, » said Lina Khatib from the Chatham House think tank to the « Wall Street Journal« . Shaara's government stands in front of the dilemma of tough against supporters Assads in order to prevent a full uprising – but without having to spoil the Alawites who were worried about their future and experienced attacks, according to the newspaper.
Secret service chief Khattab blamed leading characters from the mastery and security apparatus of the fallen ex-president for the clashes. These had started a treacherous operation in which dozens of members of the army and police were killed. They were controlled from abroad, Khattab wrote on the online platform X. Thousands of people had gathered in Damascus and several other cities to demonstrate against the armed supporters Assad.
