Syrian president calls for ‘Peace, calm’ in the midst of brutal conflicts | News of the conflict
Violence in Latakia, Tartous leaves hundreds of dead as Syria faces deepening division in the midst of escalation of conflict.
Syrian temporary President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for peace in the middle of escalation communal violence This was killed by hundreds of civilians in coastal areas.
On Sunday morning, Al-Sharaa stated the need to “preserve national unity and domestic peace; we can live together”, as the newly appointed forces clashed with fighters from the removed Alawita President Bashar Al-Assad.
The fighting began after Pro-Assid fighters coordinated attacks on security forces on Thursday. The attacks have crept into a vengeful murder because thousands of armed supporters of the new Syrian leadership have gone to coastal areas to support security forces.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor based in the UK, at least 745 Alawite civilians were killed in Latakia and Tartous of Thursday, as well as about 125 members of the Government’s security forces.
In addition, 148 Pro-Assad fighters were killed, the Observatory added, which has taken over the total number of deaths to 1,018.
Al Jazeera was unable to check these figures on his own.
“Be sure of Syria, this country has characteristics for survival,” Al-Sharaa said in a video in the mosque in Mazzah, Damascus. “What is currently happening in Syria is in expected challenges.”
Al-Sharaa said that anyone who targets civilians will be responsible.
On Sunday, the State Gazette of Syria Sana reported, quoting the source in the Ministry of Defense, to take place “intense conflicts near the village of Betannit in the village of Tartous”.
“Many war criminals associated with the Al-Assad regime and a group of armed remains have escaped to the village,” the report added.
Reporting from the Damascus capital, Al Jazeera’s resource said that the conflicts had reduced significantly, the reality of what had happened in the last four days is becoming more obvious.
“Pictures come out are really scary. There are a large number of fatalities, and it is expected that the number will increase in the coming hours and days because officials who have control over the area still discover [bodies]. So far, it is extremely difficult to clarify the exact number, “he said.
Serdar explained that the recent conflicts are a sharp reminder of how much Syria was divided despite the earlier al-Sharae claims that the earth ruled as one.
“Some of the unconfirmed lists [new] The cabinet is coming out and we see that in the cabinet, kurds, turkmas, Arabs, Sunnis, Shia, Muslims, Christians there are members of Alawit [which] It is absolutely necessary for this country, “he added.
On Sunday, an optical cable was damaged, connecting Governete Dera and Damascus, which resulted in “the termination of telecommunications and internet services in Dera and Sweid Governors,” said Deraa Telecom’s branch.
Ahmad al-Hariri said in a statement that the incident arose because of “repeated attacks on telecommunication infrastructure, which led to cutting a vital optical cable that connected two governors with the chief telecommunications centers.”
