Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of citizens
According to the war monitoring group, Syrian security forces have allegedly accused of killing hundreds of citizens belonging to Alvite minority group in the violence on the country’s coast.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that some 745 citizens were killed in about 30 “massacres” targeting Alvites on Friday and Saturday.
BBC News is not able to verify these claims independently.
Hundreds of people have allegedly fled from their homes in the region – a heart of the disorganized President Bashar al -Assad, which is also from the Alvite sect.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in the last two days, Sohr said, Syria has the worst violence as the rebels topped the Assad rule in December.
The figure includes dozens of government soldiers and gunmen loyal to Assad, who have been closed in clashes in coastal Latakia and sharp provinces since Thursday.
According to SOHR reports, some 125 members of Islamist -led government security forces and 148 supporters Asad fighters have been killed in violence.
A spokesman for the Syrian Defense Ministry told the country’s SANA news agency that the government had re -established after “trusted attacks” against its security personnel.
Violence has left the Alvite community in “A State of Horror”, who is an worker in the city Told BBC on FridayHundreds of people are allegedly fleeing from the affected areas.
According to the Reuters News Agency, a large crowd sought shelter at a Russian military base at HMIMIMI, Latakia.
In the video footage shared by Reuters, dozens of people are shown chanting “people want Russian protection” outside the base.
Meanwhile, according to local media, dozens of families have fled to neighboring Lebanon.
The United Nations special envoy for Syria to Syria said it was “deeply concerned” by “very upset reports of civil casualties” in the coastal areas of Syria.
They should avoid all sides from the tasks that can “unstable” the country and endanger “reliable and inclusive political transition”.
In addition, the sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam, about 10% of the Syrian population, the majority Sunni Muslim.
