BBC finds family shelter on a Russian air base from sectative attacks

“My only son, only 25 years old,” says Dalaal Mahna, filling her eyes with tears. “They took him immediately on my part and told me,” We will kill him and break your heart. ” “

It was the last Dalaial view of her son. He says he was shot by armed people who abducted him.

Dalaal is from the Syrian sect of minority minorities, which was intended for the increase in sectasy violence since last week.

“Everyone knew he had a disorder of diabetes and anemia, and he only did his best to break through.”

The BBC team found Dalaal asking for refuge with thousands of other people in a remote Russian air base in the Western Coastal Region in the country.

War surveillance group He says more than 1,400 civilians have been killed since March 6 – most of them Alawita – in Latakia and neighboring Tartous, Ham and Homs provinces.

Dalaal is one of the few people who are willing to talk to us about what happened.

Last week, security forces launched surgery in the region, in response to the growing rebellion of fighters who were loyal to the overthrown President Bashar Al -Assad – Alavita whose regime was dominated by sect members.

Violence escalated after 13 security staff were ambushed by weapons in the coastal city of Jableh.

The filled people loyal to the Sunni Government, who was led by the Islamist, who replaced Assad, was accused of conducting the killings of revenge in the predominantly Alawite communities after the attack.

The whole families, including women and children, were killed in the next four days, according to the office of the United Nations for Human Rights.

On Wednesday, a spokesman told reporters that the UN has confirmed the murder of 111 civilians so far, but it is believed that the real figure is much higher.

Many cases were summarized by execution, he added.

On the highway our team found a car full of bullets.

It is unknown how many people died in it, nor their background.

But it’s hard to imagine that anyone from the inside survived.

The coastal highway was secured and cleaned after the attacks of those described by the officials as the remains of a former regime. The attack was followed by acts of revenge on the members of the Alavite sect.

But our team saw dozens of bodies still scattered among shrubs and mass graves, during a tour accompanied by fighters associated with the Syrian Ministry of Defense.

Security sources said the BBC that Assad’s loyalists behind the attack in Jableh not everyone was killed.

Instead, they managed to retreat to nearby mountains when security forces arranged a large number of reinforcements from all over the country.

“They are all from these villages,” said Mahmoud al-Haik, a soldier at the Ministry of Defense of the New Government, who was stationed in Baniyas in the countryside of Latakia.

“Everyone involved in what happened – belonged to these communities. But now everyone has left the area.

“The area was in complete chaos. But thank God, we managed to regain control. People started returning to their homes, and now many invite the rest to allow them to return.”

Most villages in the area are still abandoned.

Fearing the sects, the inhabitants fled to the mountains, where they slept in open spaces for a week.

In the village on the periphery of Baniyas, our team came across a small group of men who returned cautiously to check their homes and stores.

Alavite Wafiq Ismail said he was there when the attack happened, but he would not go into detail.

“Brother, I really can’t say anything about it. I don’t know. That’s it … May God keep us from harm.”

In the village of Latakia, the control of the Syrian security forces ends, and the borders of the air base Hmeimim’s Homeima begins.

Thousands of Alawita families have taken refuge at this base to avoid attacks by various Syrian fractions. They live in very difficult conditions.

There Dalaal says her son was killed. Others told us similar stories.

Most families lost someone: a son, relative or neighbor.

The second Alavite woman told us: “We need international protection from what we go through. We left our homes, we left everything, life span and we came here.”

Very few details were discovered about the attack last Thursday and its significant sectative consequences. This was recognized by Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara, who led the offensive of the rebel, who overthrew Assad in December.

Sharaa promised that the perpetrators would be responsible, even if they were among his allies, saying that “we will not accept that any blood is spilled unfairly.”

However, few believe that the wound caused by these events in the already strongly revived Syrian body will easily heal.