Fights in Syria: More than 700 people were killed

According to activists, more than 700 people have been killed in massacres and battles in the new escalation in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported or executed security forces from the transitional government. Women and children are also among the victims.

The observation center based in Great Britain, which pursues the conflict about a network of informants, spoke of massacres in 29 locations in the Latakia, Tartus Hama and Homs. The coastal regions are considered to be a stronghold of the Alawites, a religious community, which also belongs to the overthrown ruler Bashar al-Assad. The observation center accused the Islamist interim government of war crimes. The head of the observation center, Rami Abdurrahman, described the killing of Alawite civilians as “one of the largest massacres during the Syrian conflict”.

Banijas residents, one of the most affected cities affected by violence, reported, were dead on the streets or in houses and on the roofs and nobody was able to bury them. Armed residents would have prevented for hours from bringing the corpses away from five of their neighbors, who were shot up close. Video recordings published by the observation center showed dozens of corpses in civil clothing stacked in front of a house. Blood laughter and crying women were seen.

On Thursday, armed clashes between the supporters of Al-Assad and security forces of the new government escalated. In addition to the civilians, more than 200 fighters were also killed on both sides.

Transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa asked Assad to surrender on Friday. The Alawi fighter should arise “before it is too late,” he said in a speech in the Telegram online service.