36 -year -old Ali Koshmar woke up in Latakia, Syria, about 330 km from Damascus, after hearing the sound of bullets. He was getting the sound of tires of vehicles and shouting of dozens of armed people between bullets. One of those armed men speaks, “Come out, Alavi boar, nusayari! ‘Nusire’ is used for followers of Ibn Nusire. Ibn Nusire is one of the most reputable persons of religious and ethnic minority communities Alavi in ​​Syria. The total population of Alavi Syria is about 12 percent of Syria’s population and they have a large -scale population and they are in large -scale countries. Live
At the same time, Sunni Muslims are about 70-75 percent of the Syrian population. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, those who are Alavi themselves, they are being hunted by targeting the Alavi community. The pro -government fighters are giving the slogan to uproot the old “remains of the regime”. There, the mass murders of the bonfire, the invasion of their homes and their forced displacement have been carried out.
Talking to NDTV, Ali Koshmar said, “People entered the village with weapons. They reached our house and shouted, “Come out, Akha Pig, Nusayari.” They broke the doors and started beating us with weapons, they opened fire without looking. They took my brother, and we do not know what happened to him. They are finishing us. “
He said, “We are not feeling safe here. I do not even know whether I and my family will be able to survive for long. Our name reveals our Alavi identity. Our tone of speaking is cheating us. Even the area where we live, the identity of the area where we live, also puts us in danger.”
New round of violence
Tension has increased between bonfire and Sunni militant groups, especially Wahhabi -backed groups. These groups have entered this area after Assad’s withdrawal from power last year. These groups are targeting not only the old loyal loyalists and former military personnel of Assad but also all religious minorities including ordinary citizens, farmers, Christians and Shia Muslims. The violence has increased rapidly after the murder of 86 -year -old Alavi religious leader Sheikh Shaban Mansoor and his son in Hama province.
Such footage has come out on social media in which armed people are publicly committing murders. NDTV has not confirmed the video independently.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 973 citizens have been killed since 6 March. These include women and children. This right group has described it as a “ethnic cleaning campaign”, that is, murders are being done to eliminate a particular community.
Last week, a group of 200 fighters led by the former General Ghiath Dala and Field Commander Prosecutha Fatiha attacked the army of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the real ruler of Syria, Abu Mohammad Al-Julani’s army. Many people died in Al-Julani’s army due to the attack. Because of this, the government was forced to send the army.
33-year-old Hussain Khalaf of Tartus told NDTV, “Al-Julani’s army from different Syrian provinces has joined many people. They are massacre of bonfire.” Violence rapidly spread to Jableh, Latakia, Baniyas and its rural areas. People are being killed on a large scale, the house is being burnt and forcibly displaced.
“The whole family was killed”
Many such reports have come according to which the foreign fighters of Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are also engaged in the fight along with Syrian groups named Al-Amashat and Al-Hamajat. Hussain Khalaf said, “He killed the entire families in Baniyas, Jableh and Karto.”
Many such videos have appeared on Telegram and WhatsApp, showing the killing and massacre of the entire families. In a video, a Syrian fighter was seen standing on top of blood -soaked bodies. In another video, a person was seen hanging from a crane, it is being said that he has been hanged public. NDTV has not confirmed these videos independently.
Ibrahim Salamah told NDTV, “When the violence erupted, my uncle and aunt were going from Damascus to Latakia. His son i.e. my cousin works in Dubai and trying his best to contact him. But uncle-aunt was forced to take refuge in the mountains near Al-Haviz.”
Many Alavi religious leaders have called for peace. Despite this, there is an atmosphere of fear. Ibrahim Salamah said, “The displacement of the people has already started.” Many people are going towards the mountains, but it is very difficult to live there, especially in the cold. Others have sought refuge on Hamimim Airbase, which is controlled by Russia. “
Seeing ethnicity being slaughtered
Ibrahim Salamah comes from a family with mixed religion – his mother is Sunni, his father is Alavi, and his Christian relatives. He told NDTV that Alavi is not opposing the new Syrian government nor does it want to return to Assad’s rule. He said, “We were suffering in the Assad government just like the Syrian people.”
However, from recent attacks, it has been told that many elements within the new army remain uncontrolled. He said, “In the information of the government, such armed groups are working which have still refused to hand over their weapons.”
Many videos being shared online have been seen putting a pile of dead bodies after hanging. NDTV has not confirmed the video independently.
One of the face-to-face collision took place in December. A video appeared online in which Sheikh Abu Abdullah al-Husain al-Khasibi’s dargah was seen burning in Aleppo. Salamah told NDTV, “Armed people attacked, killed the guards of the dargah and set the place on fire. When the bonfire protested, security forces opened fire, in which one person was killed and others were injured in Holmes.”
Ali Koshmar dismissed the idea that these murders have only changed against the Asad family. He said, “It has nothing to do with the Assad family … The people of the coastal region of Syria are among the poorest of the country. They are innocent citizens – engineers, doctors and farmers. Still ‘pretending to hunt the remains of Assad regime’, a whole sect is being a massacre.”
Breath to Russian, appeal to India
Hussain Khalaf believes that Russia has played a role in recent violence.
He told NDTV, “Russia promoted the remaining fighters to fight back, promising to protect the coast and bonfire, but then left them in the middle.” This gave Al-Julani a golden opportunity to massacre, while Russia claimed to investigate crimes to protect its Bhurajnic interests.
Al-Julani or Ahmed al-Shara has announced an independent national inquiry amidst increasing reports of the massacre. At the same time, the Syrian Ministry of Defense said that it has completed military operations after several days of violence in the western coastal region of the country. A spokesman for the ministry said that security forces have “neutralized” the loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad in many cities of Latakia and Tartus provinces, ie, have been killed and “have prepared a way for life to be normal.”
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