Syria has returned to the horror of war. In alone four daysthe country has lived its bloodiest episode since the fall of Bashar al Assad: at least 1,300 people have been killed in clashes between government forces and loyal features to the old regime. More than 700 of them were civilians, executed in cold blood, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
Violence broke out on Thursday with a series of coordinated attacks against military positions, which unleashed devastating retaliation by the government. In Damascus, an armed group linked to the old regime assaulted a police security barracks, while in Latakia, on the Syrian coast, security forces intensified their offensive against the Alauí minority, a collective that represents only 10% of the population and to which the Assad belonged.
According to witnesses and activists in the field, the government’s response has been brutal. Allied soldiers and militias have carried out at least 30 massacres against Alauí communities, in what seems like a systematic revenge for the recent insurgent attacks. Whole neighborhoods have been burned and complete exterminated families.
This Monday, the Government announced the end of military operations against groups related to the old regime. However, the damage is already done: the spiral of violence has left the country in a state of absolute chaos, with fear and hatred, feeding a conflict that seemed to have cooled after the fall of Al Assad.
Source: Lasexta
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