Over 300 deaths in fighting in Syria since Thursday

Over 300 deaths in fighting in Syria since Thursday

fatal record of the arguments

According to the British independent surveillance group Syrian Network for Human Rights (Snhr), the government troops have killed at least 164 civilians in dozens of villages in the rural areas of Latakia, Tartous and Hama since the beginning of a large -scale security operation, including seven children and 13 women. In the meantime, Loyalistic militants from Assad killed another 147 people - 26 civilians and 121 security forces, said the director of Snhr, Fadel Abdul Ghani.

"We expect a significantly higher number of fatalities," added Ghani. CNN cannot check the figures from Snhr independently and the Syrian government asked for a comment on the number of fatalities.

terrible escalation of violence

The continuing arguments have been the worst outbreak of violence since Assad's fall in December by Sunni Islamists who want to redesign the political and denominational order of the country. Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's temporary president, promised to be accountable in a television speech on Friday evening, the responsible persons for the killing of the government's security forces. However, he also asked his security forces to "ensure that there are no excessive or unjustified reactions" after reports on a high number of civilian victims appeared.

challenges for the new regime

The Syrian Ministry of Information announced on Saturday that “Bashar's remains” had also arrested around 300 members of the government and that “dozens” were missing. The latest increase in violence illustrates the challenges with which the new regime is confronted in Syria, especially when calming down disadvantaged groups that are heavily armed. Latakia and Tartous on the Mediterranean coast are regions in which support among the Syrian Alawites was strong for Assad. Alawites, which make up about 10 % of the population, played an important role in the Assad regime, and while many of them have put their weapons down since December, many others do not.

international concern about the situation

On Saturday, the International Committee from the Red Cross (IKRK) expressed great concern about the reports of the high number of dead and injured in the two provinces. It asked both sides to "treat the prisoners human and dignified" and to protect the infrastructure in the healthcare sector as well as water and power supply. UN General Secretary António Guterres sentenced all violence in Syria on Friday and asked the parties to protect civilians and to hire hostility. He was concerned about the risk of escalating tensions between the communities in Syria at a time when reconciliation and a peaceful political transition should be a priority.

The war in Syria

The civil war in Syria began during the Arab spring in 2011 as a peaceful uprising against Assad. According to the United Nations, the conflict cost more than 300,000 lives in the first decade and left the country in deepest tornness.