A wave of violence has led to hundreds of deaths on the coast of Syria, the vast majority for acts of sectarian revenge of members affiliated with the new government, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. The president has announced the opening of an investigation.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, Volker Turk, has found extremely disturbing “information that points to Settlements of entire families and executions of fighters displayed during the Collisions that have exploded this week Among the security forces of the new Syrian authorities and armed groups that support the deposited regime of former President Bashar Al Assad.
The International community has declared its serious concern For the information they warn one massacre against the civilian population In the coastal province Lakatia, especially about the Alauíes -Fonfusion that the former president has claimed to assad-in the form of a wave of Retaliation by the new Syrian authorities That would have cost the life of more than a thousand people.
Turk has published a statement this Sunday in which he states that “there is information about sectarian summary executions that commit both members of the security forces of the transitional authorities, and of elements related to the previous government, as well as non -inspired elements.” Fighters who surrendered or were injured during the hostilities. “You have to start quickly, transparent and impartial research over all the murders and other violations, and the responsible person must take into account,” he said.
According to Syrian Observatory of Human RightsAt least 745 civilians “in cooling blood” were executed by the Thursday of the Damascus troops, when rebellious groups were loyal to the over -repelled president troops of the new government in the province of Latakia, lending from the family on the Asad and a majority of Alauito attacked.
The attack caused large -scale confrontations, in which all kinds of heavy weapons were used, and extended to other provinces such as Tartús, also on the coast, and the central administrative definitions of Hama and Homs, where more than 1018 people would have died in total.
US
The US State Secretary, Marco Rubio, has convicted the “slaughteres” in the last few days in West of Syria, who has held “radical Islamist terrorists”. “The United States condemn radical Islamic terrorists, including foreign jihadists, who have killed people in western Syria in recent days,” said Rubio in an official statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The text refers to the “escalation in the fighting” and the “death of citizens” and expresses the support of the United States to Syrian religious and ethnic minorities. Thus Christians, Drusos, Alau’s and Kurdos and “offers their participation in the victims and their families.”
The Syrian president calls for peace and announces a committee of inquiry
The Interim Syrian President, Ahmed Al Sharaa, has appealed to the “civil peace” and has announced the formation of an “independent” committee to investigate the massacre on the Syrian Mediterranean coast and send justice to the responsible person. The committee will consist of seven people and will have 30 days to clarify what happened.
In a speech offered this morning in a Damascus mosque, Sharaa called for calmness. “We must protect the national unity and civil peace,” he said afterwards Damascus Safety forces are accused of killing more than 740 civilians in four days Military campaign, acts of sectarian revenge after attacks that were launched last Thursday by loyal groups for the oversized President Bachar Al Asad, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
Syria and neighboring countries meet in Jordan
This Sunday started in Amán (Jordan), a meeting in which representatives of Syria participate in their neighboring countries – Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon – to discuss “practical mechanisms of cooperation” in the fight against terrorism, the smuggling of drugs and weapons, also with other “common challenges”.
A press conference is expected to take place after the meeting of the political leaders, who will clearly discuss what happened today.
Source: EITB
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