Marks killed when loyalists of Assad face the Syrian security forces

On Friday, many people were killed in Syria when the security forces of the security forces collided with loyalists of the dismissed President Bashar al -Assad on the second day, which noted the most violent episode for the new leaders of Syria after the fall of the regime.

Syrian officials said the clashes began on Thursday when militants attacked state security forces and 13 people were killed in Latakia’s coastal province against the backdrop of “uprising” in the former former Assad Support.

According to Latakia officials, more people were killed when the fighting continued throughout the night, including an unknown number of civilians. Damascus sent heavy reinforcements.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a military monitor, said that nearly 150 people were killed, including nearly 40 members of the Armed Forces, 34 loyalists Assad and seven civilians.

In response, SOHR also stated that the government’s forces broke into three villages off the coast, killing “dozens of men”.

The Lebanese Passed TV presenter al-Maden reported the attacks on three villages, saying that more than 30 men had only died in Mukhtarie.

The video showing dozens of male bodies, some bloody and recruited on the streets, which were allegedly filmed on Friday morning, spread on social media.

The exact number of the dead remained unclear, and FT could not independently check the figures of shame and video.

Several residents of Alavita coastal cities Banyas and Latakia said FT was either leaning at home or running away, fearing revenge, with a stable gun and bombing.

In his first comments, after the clashes began, Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharao said that government forces would chase the “remains” of the overthrown regime and would bring them to the trial, adding that those who attacked civilians would be held accountable.

“We will continue to chase the remains of the dead regime…

Escalation creates one of the most serious threats so far SyriaThe transition government, established in December after Islamist rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharaa overthrew Assad’s regime on the lightning.

Since then, Sharaa has taken over and dismantled the security forces, including the army and the police, leaving the plucking allies of the rebels who have fought against the regime for almost 14 years of civil war to maintain order.

It is fighting for the introduction of control over the coast, where many members of the same Alavich minority to which the siege live. Armed Alawich militants pursued sporadic attacks on state security forces, while dozens of Alavites have been killed in recent months.

The fighting this week threatened to destabilize the gentle peace and immerse themselves in the country on the cycles of sectarian violence.

The group, which called for itself by the military council for the liberation of Syria, made a statement on Thursday, promising to bring down the government. He announced the creation of the group and was posted during the attacks. It is headed by former commander of the fourth fourth division of Assad’s army, once headed by Bashar Maher’s brother,

The group stated that the “jihadist” regime could not protect citizens, and that economic and security conditions had deteriorated to new lows. “We assure our people that we are not looking for power and that our only goal is to release Syria,” the statement said, as it called on people from all sects and races.

The Ministry of Defense has sent fighters devoted Hayat Tahrir al-ShamSharaa group, which now rules the state, to the coast to resist the attack. Some posted videos that vowed from revenge and kill “pigs”, humiliating the term referring to Alavita.

According to the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense, on Friday, the government forces “made rapid progress on the ground and returned control over the districts”.

Swimming hours were announced in cakes and Latakia, while security forces installed combing operations in both cities, and in the nearby mountains.

A resident of Banyas said he saw dozens of bodies on the street near his home. “This is a complete massacre. I was too afraid to go see if I knew someone from the dead, “he said, giving his name only as Abu Ahmada, fearing repression.

On Friday, the famous Alawitsky cleric, Sheikh Shababan Mansour, 86 -year -old with his son in Salhab, was killed in the Hama province, near Latakia. Activists have accused government forces on the Internet. FT couldn’t check the claim.

Government officials suggested that they were fighting for the maintenance of revenge, and the large crowds headed to the coast to accurately avenge the attacks on state forces.

An unknown official quotes Sana’s state news agency, who stated that their actions “led to some individual violations and we are working to stop them.”

In Damascus there was a tense calm, where security forces patrolled the streets as a demonstration of force and maintained order in the neighborhoods of Alavit, surrounding the capital.

Hundreds of Syrians demonstrated in support of the government in the capital and other major cities.