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The British -based Syrian Observatory for human rights said that in addition to 745 civilians, 148 militants were killed along with 125 government security forces members and asad -associated armed groups. It states that electricity and drinking water was cut in large areas around Latakia city.
The clashes on Thursday marked a major increase in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months later the rebels took control of Asad from power.
The government has said that they were responding to attacks from the remains of Asad’s army and blamed “personal functions” for large -scale violence.
Venual murders between Sunnis and bonfire
The revenge murders starting on Friday by the Sunni Muslim gunmen are loyal to the government against the members of the minority Alvite sect of Assad, a major setback for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is the reason for the uproar of the former government. Alvites created a large part of Assad’s support base for decades.
Residents of Alvite villages and towns talked about murders from Associated Press, during which the gunman shot Alvites, most of them, men, on the streets or at the door of their homes. Many houses of Alvites were looted and then on fire in various areas, two residents of the coastal region of Syria asked AP to their hideout.
He asked that his name has not been made public for fear of killing the gunmen, saying that thousands of people had fled to the nearby mountains for security.
Residents talk about atrocities in a city
One of the most cities from violence, residents of cities said that the bodies were scattered on the streets or left in houses and on the roofs of buildings, and no one was able to gather them. A resident said that the gunmen stopped the residents from removing the bodies of their five neighbors for hours, who were killed in the close range on Friday.
Ali Sheha, a 57 -year -old resident of Balis, escaped with his family and neighbors after the violence on Friday, said that at least 20 neighbors and colleagues, where Alvites lived in a neighborhood of Banis, were in their shops, or in their homes.
Sheha attacked the “revenge murders” of Alvite minority for the crimes committed by Asad’s government. Other residents said that gunmen included foreign fighters, and terrorists from neighboring villages and towns.
“It was very bad. The bodies were on the streets,” as he was running, sheha said, speaking about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the city by phone. He said that the gunmen were gathering less than 100 meters away from their apartment building, firing randomly on homes and residents and at least one incident, he knows, the residents were asked for their ID to examine their religion and their sects before killing them. He said that gunmen burnt some houses and stole cars and looted the houses.
Counting of death has become manifold
Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the observatory, said that the killings of revenge stopped in the early hours of Saturday.
“This was one of the biggest massacres during the Syrian struggle,” Abdurrahman said about the killings of the addition citizens.
The previous figure given by the group was more than 600 dead. No official figures have been released.
After being killed in clashes along the banks of the Syrian coast, one funeral was performed for four Syrian Security Force members in the northwestern village of Al-Janudia on Saturday afternoon. People attended the score of the funeral.
Official reports stated that Syrian forces are obtaining control
The Syrian state news agency quoted an anonymous Defense Ministry official, saying that government forces had gained control over most areas of Assad’s loyalists. It states that the authorities have closed all roads leading to the coastal region to prevent violations and to restore stability. “
The residents said that on Saturday morning, the bodies of 31 people killed by 31 people were kept in a collective grave to take revenge a day earlier in the middle village of Tuway, the residents said. Those killed included nine children and four women, the residents said, sending AP photos of the dead bodies wrapped in white cloth, as they were row in the grave on a large scale.
Lebanese MLA Hyder Nasar, one of the two seats allotted to the Alvite sect in Parliament, said that people were fleeing Syria for security in Lebanon. He said that he does not have an exact number.
Nasir said that many people were giving shelter at the Russian airport in Hammim, Syria, saying that the international community should protect the bonfire who are Syrian citizens who are loyal to their country. He said that since the collapse of Assad, several bonfire was fired and some ex -servicemen who used to reconcile with new officers were killed.
Under Assad, additionals held top positions in army and security agencies. The new government has convicted its loyalists for attacks against the country’s new security forces in the last several weeks.
France expressed its “deep concern” over recent violence in Syria. Paris said in a statement on Saturday in a statement, “Paris condemned the atrocities on religion and the strongest possible words against the citizens against prisoners.”
France urged the Syrian interim authorities to ensure that independent investigation “throw full light on these crimes.”
The most recent clashes began when government forces tried to detain a wanted person near the coastal city of Jabehh, and according to the Observatory, were ambushed by Asad’s loyalists.
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