Massacre of civilians perpetrated by the Syrian government, according to NGOs: “They are killing whole families. With children. There are many corpses in the streets”

Several Syrian NGOs accused government forces of murdering dozens of civilians during the fighting that were fought on Thursday and Friday in the regions where the Alauita communityafter the surprise offensive launched by the followers of the old regime and that took chaos to the main cities of that area as Tartus, Banias, Jableh or niamia.

The countless videos that have spread in the last hours exhibit bodies of corpses watered by the ground. “It is a disaster. They are killing whole families. With children. There are many corpses in the streets. My uncle’s body is still lying on the roof with others. They were shot in cold blood. And he had been in jail for being an opponent of the previous regime,” said WhatsApp a resident of Banias.

This journalist was able to attend the looting by the military of Damascus Of numerous businesses in that same city on Friday morning, when the main column of the new Syrian army regained control of the metropolis, located between Tartus and Lataquia. The fighting in banias spread throughout the night and much of the morning of that day.

From the center of the town, continuous mortar releases of the troops related to the president could be heard Ahmed Shara that furrowed the sky in the direction of the alauito villages of the environment. One of the projectiles hit a civil home, causing a fire.

Citing a security source, the Syrian state agency VeryHe said that “individual violations” had been perpetrated after civilians outside the security forces headed towards the Syrian coast to stop the advance of the insurgents affected by Bashar al Asad. “We are working to stop these violations,” added the same official representative.

In a televised speech, Shara He refused to clearly condemn the terrible events and although he said that “they will not allow anyone to react exaggeratedly,” he had previously thanked his acolytes “to protect and assure civilians.”

The president accused the fans of the overthrown Bashar Al Asad of promoting chaos with its attack throughout the coastal region. “Having assaulted hospitals and terrified innocents you have attacked all Syrians. You have committed an unforgivable sin and have received an answer that you cannot bear. Therefore, rush to deliver the weapons before it is too late,” said the head of state.

However, Sharaa then issued a critical evening towards the facts that were spreading and said that “prisoners should not be humiliated or beaten because it is contrary to the law of the country and of God.” Those words alluded directly to the many images that have been exhibited in social networks where people who were captured during clashes suffering all kinds of excesses and purses are seen.

“What distinguishes us from our enemy is our moral. When we commit it, we place ourselves at the level of our enemies. The remains of the regime (from Bashar al Asad) are causing us to commit transgressions. It is our duty to protect people from the coast (the alauitas),” he added.

The head of the country’s intelligence, Anas khattabhe accused “former military leaders and the security of the late regime” of “being behind” of this sudden wave of events. “Some fools thought they could overthrow the will of our people and that is why they launched this treacherous operation,” he added in several posts that he spread through the Internet.

According to Reuters, one of the scenarios of these killings was the village of Al Mukhtaarynear the main highway that runs through the Syrian coast. The videos allow to appreciate a pile of corpses, almost twenty, thrown on the asphalt.

Ramin Abdulrahmanof the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, he said that local sources had explained that those responsible were militiamen arrived in the area from Idlib. “They captured all men and demanded that women stay at home. The men were executed,” he said.

His organization estimates that at least 180 people were killed in this wave of reprisals.

Syria was placed on the edge of the Civil War this Thursday when a significant group of militiamen linked to the former dictatorship of Clan Asad attacked numerous positions of local security forces in the Alauit regions, including several hospitals.

A high position of the uniformed loyal to Damascus, Mustafa KneifatiHe acknowledged that it was “a well planned and premeditated attack.” The armed groups opposed to the government of Ahmed al-Sharaa came to capture some quarters that had to evict after the arrival of reinforcements from other areas of the country. In Banias, the immediate vicinity of one of the police positions suffered the harassment of the raised for hours in a struggle where both sides did not save ammunition or explosives.

The bloody events began with an ambush to a patrol of security forces in the vicinity of the city of Jableh. Social networks spread images of the bodies of several policemen with clear shots in the head, thrown on the asphalt, and surrounded by authentic puddles of blood. “Everyone has died in the ambush. Where are the reinforcements?”, One of those present was heard.

“We had offered peace!” Shouted another of those present in reference to the reconciliation process that the Damascus executive sponsored after Asad’s flight in December, when he accepted that the members of the defeated army deliver the weapons in exchange for not suffering any punishment.

Entry and on Thursday, a subject who identified himself as Muqtad Fatihaa former member of the uniformed loyal to the old regime, spread a video in which he called on the general uprising in the Alauitas regions and said that their acolytes have decided to “release the coast of the terrorists of Jabhat Al Nusra (The old denomination of the movement led by the current head of state, Sharaa). Those who want to join, are welcome. “

The escalation of violence attended by the country threatens to extend to the Drusa region of Sweidawhere Suleiman Abdul Bakione of the main leaders of the local militias survived an attack on his home, who suffered the impact of a rocket, local television reported.

Abdul Baki, which was already seriously injured in an anterior attack, has been one of the most prominent figures of that district, the main bastion of the Drusa community, in pronouncing against Israel’s alleged interest in protecting members of his faith that considered an “interference” destined to suggest the division of the country. Baki also meant in his opposition to Bashar al Asad regime and his Iranian allies.