The rifles attacked the position of Syrian security forces in Damascus overnight, the war monitor said on Monday, raising the fear of that Deadly violence The reconciliation of the Syria coastal region could expand to other parts of the country.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Britain, which has been following the Syrian conflict since 2011, said that unidentified armed people threw grenades and opened fire overnight on the security forces of the Government of the building in the highly established Mezzeh district in Damasca capital. Conflicts with government security forces followed and it was not clear if anyone was injured, the Observatory said. He added that an indefinite number of arrests was carried out.
There was no direct comment on the new Syrian government or government newspaper, and the information could not be verified independently.
The attack followed as the country called from a series of violence That broke out last week Between the fighters connected to the new Syrian government, led by Ahmed al-Shara, and those who are loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad.
More than 1,300 people have been killed since the beginning of the fight, mainly in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, the heart of the Syrian Alawith minority, according to Observatory. On Monday, it was said that about 1000 civilians were involved in this figure, most of which were killed by the armed forces associated with the new government or loyal. Information cannot be independent to check.
Violence took out the fear of a renewed sectative conflict and presented what seemed to be the most serious challenge to Syrian new leaders as they were trying to unite the country after more than a decade of the war. The Assad family is Alawite and the sect dominated the higher class of the country and the highest ranks of the former regime.
While the state newspaper media quoted the spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani, as he said on Monday that the “military operation” was over, the violence continued, while fighters related to the G .
Temporary President of Syria, Mr. Al-Shara, said on Sunday that the Government was formed by the Committee to determine the facts in order to investigate violence in coastal regions and to lead the perpetrators to justice. But it was not clear if he confessed to the possible murders on the hands of his forces or guilt on the former elements of the regime.
In an obvious endeavor to convince the nation, he appealed to calm On Sunday and repeated calls to Loyaltist Assad to lay their hands.
“We need to preserve national unity and civil peace,” Mr. Al-Shara said in the Damascus Mosque, according to a video circulating through the Internet.
