Massacre in Syria – The government accuses “unorganized masses”

Syrian temporary President Ahmed al-Sharaa promised that all those who had committed crimes would be punished hard. At the same time, the former leader of the Islamist rebel alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) called on the population in the light of the conflict between his security forces and Alawit-hunters. The current development is in the context of the “expected challenges”, Sharaa emphasized in a video spread by Arab media on Sunday. “We must keep the national unity and inner peace,” said the interim president and was convinced: “We can live together.”

The most difficult acts of violence have been for years, said the head of the Syrian Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdulrahman, located in Great Britain on Saturday. Among the dead are women and children of the Alawite minority, who also belong to the fallen dictator Bashar al-Assad.

The bloodshed had started on Thursday. According to the new rulers, armed supporters of the cases assad government security forces are attacking at the coastal town of Jableh in the province of Latakia. The attacks seemed to be coordinated, the Institute for War Studies (ISW) wrote in Washington. On Friday, the Islamist transitional government moved larger troops to the region. The government forces used artiller manuals, tanks and rocket throwers, said it.

The Survivor: “It was complete horror”
Survivors in the most affected areas described incredible atrocities after the offensive of the government forces and their allies. So fighter citizens would have shot and laughed without a distinction. Houses of the dead were looted and then illuminated. “It was complete horror. They didn’t save anyone,” a resident of the coastal town of Baniya remembered in conversations with the British broadcaster Sky News. Dozens of Alawites resorted to the Russian army base Hmeimim (see posts above).

Great fear in the Alawite -lessness
A residents said that fear and horror are widespread, especially among the alawites. “There are many attacks and murders because of religious beliefs. Thefts also come, “he said. Women and children also belong to the fatalities, reported the Observation Center for Human Rights. She spoke about slaughter at 29 locations of the governments of Latakia, Tartus, Hama and Homs and accused the Islamic transitional government of war crimes.

The supporters of the cases assad would try to use these murders to mobilize minority groups, according to a report from the ISW. Especially under the AlaWites suppresses and excludes the feeling of the interim government of the new Islamic rulers. The Assad regime was secular. For transition chairman Sharaa, the arguments are the first major exam.

Syria expert Karam Shaar wrote on X (see posts above) that the government had made a lot of progress in recent months because of the violence on the Alawites. The transitional government, for example, to the EU and the US, for example to immediately lift sanctions, is less credible, Sarar wrote. On the other hand, the EU foreign service (EAD) announced that “Pro -Assad elements” had attacked attacks on the power of the transitional government according to reports in Syrian coastal areas. The opinion was fiercely criticized on the internet. Dutch Mep Sander Smit of the Christian Democratic European’s Party (EVP) described it as a “misleading statement”. The EU also evoked that the civilian population was protected under all circumstances.

Israel criticizes the identification of Islamists by the EU
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs appealed to the transitional government in Damascus on Sunday to prevent further attacks. “Reports about the murder of civilians and prisoners are shocking. The transitional government is the responsibility to prevent further attacks, to clarify the incidents and to take the responsible persons into account, ”said a spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin. “All parties are emphasized until an end of violence,” said the spokeswoman.

Given the bloody events, the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar asked the Western states not to legitimize Islamist transitional government in Damascus. Interim President Sharaa and his men “were jihadists and remained, even if they now wear suits,” said Saar of the German “Bild” newspaper (Sunday). He criticized that representatives from Europe to Sharaa were “cast” to shake his hand.