Three days of conflict between the power of the new Government in Syria and Fighter who were loyal to dictator Bashar Al-Assad killed more than 300 civilians and the number of fighters on both sides, the war control group said on Saturday.
The British Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has been overseeing Syrian conflict since 2011, said more than 400 people were killed in two Syrian coastal provinces in total. The government -related fighters killed most of the civilians, according to Observatory. The allegations could not be checked independently.
The Ministry of Information officials, responding to the allegations of the killing of civilians, said they had rejected “unfathomable charges accusing Government forces of committing a violation.” But they also said that the Government was dedicated to conducting comprehensive investigations and that it would be calculated that they were found to have harmed civilians.
“The Syrian government confirms that its forces act according to strict standards that respect internationally humanitarian right and want to protect civilians during their business,” the Ministry said.
The unrest have been the bloodiest outbreak of violence since the Assad regimen raised rebels in early December who became new leaders in the country. It represents the main test of the authority of the new government and has erected a spectrum of a larger sectasy conflict in Syria, where the tensions were already as high as a result of the Civil War.
The conflicts began on Thursday after Assad’s loyalists killed 16 government safety staff in Latakia Province, in the brightest attack, still on new Syrian safety forces, according to government officials and Observatory.
Violence has quickly expanded according to Latakia and Tartus provinces, the longtime strongholds of Mr. Al-Assad along the Mediterranean coast and the House of the majority of the minority of the minority in which the overthrown President belongs. The armed remains of the worn regime are believed to be scattered by two provinces and presented the challenge to new leaders of the country while trying to perform their authority and unite a broken country after more than 13 years of civil war.
On Thursday, the government responded to the initial attack by arranging thousands of security forces and soldiers from other parts of the country to the slopes of the coast. These forces sought to re -establish control of several cities and villages armed by armed armor effectively seized overnight between Thursday and Friday.
The government sought to present conflicts as a legitimate authority that fights the remains of a brutal regime.
Government forces deployed helicopters equipped with machine guns on Thursday around the Coastal region Mountain, according to a government official on the coast, who asked not to name him because he was not authorized to talk to journalists. The helicopters were deployed to the areas where armed Loyalists Assad were stationed, the clerk added.
The video confirmed by the New York Times and shot along the coast west from the Latakia Airport shows that government fighters are falling roughly made bombs from the back of the helicopter. The Government spokesman in Latakia did not respond to the request for comment on the video.
Christina Goldbaum and Muhammad Haj Kadour contribute to reporting.
