Security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites happymamay

It is claimed that the Syrian security forces have carried out dozens of people belonging to the Alawite minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to the War Control Group.

The Syrian British Observatory for Human Rights (Sohr) said that 162 civilians were killed in the “field executions” in the region-a heart of ousted President Bashir al-Assad, who also belongs to the Alamin sect.

The source of the Ministry of Interior told the country’s official news agency that “individual violations” have occurred on the coast and pledged to put an end to them.

BBC News was unable to verify the allegations that killings were committed by the new rulers in Syria.

Sohr told the news agency to Agence France -Presse that the total death of 13 women and five children.

The new rulers in Syria, who toppled Assad in December, said that a military operation was now launched in the city of Qarra, the former president.

In his first statement since the outbreak of violence, the temporary president of the country, Ahmed Al -Shara, said that Syria will follow the “remnants” of the volunteer Assad regime and bring them to trial, according to Reuters reports.

This follows the clashes Between government forces and fighters loyal to AssadThat left more than 70 dead.

The curfew has been imposed in the cities of the dreams, Latakia and the heroism, where the fighting erupted, and the Latakia governor said that all the province’s authority had been cut.

Earlier, the BBC confirmed the verification of the two video clip, which showed that a body was dragged behind a car in Latakia.

A Syrian activist in the city told BBC NewShour that violence had left the Alawite community in a “horror.”

“They are very afraid. They are shocking,” said the activist who did not want to use his name for fear of revenge.

“They don’t know what to do. There is no government or country ready to help them, to protect them,” he added.

Jeer Pedersen, the Special Envoy of the United Nation of Syria, said in a statement that he was “deeply concerned” with reports of clashes and killing.

He called on all parties to “refrain from measures that can increase tensions, escalate conflict, exacerbate the suffering of influential societies, destabilize Syria, and offered reliable and comprehensive political transition.”

The region is the heart of the upper minority and the mine of the Assad family, which belongs to the sect.

The estimates of the number of people who were killed in violence differ, and the BBC has not been able to verify independently.

Residents say they were targets of sectarian violence, as a woman told the Arab BBC that many Syrians were “afraid” regardless of whether they were on the coast or in the capital.

She added that “everyone is terrified of the current incitement,” and it is afraid that they will become a “scapegoat.”

Türkiye and Russia have warned that bloodshed, the worst since the overthrow of Assad in December threatens the stability of the entire region. Germany urged Syria to avoid a “vortex of violence” after the clashes.

Alawits, whose sect is a branch of Shiite Islam, is about 10 % of the population of Syria, the majority of the Sunnis.

Additional reports by Ian Akman