The EPN shooting team mapped the residents’ attitudes towards Syria’s violence in the country’s main trade in Damascus.
19: 07 • Updated 19:19
The new Syrian leadership has been in the middle of its first major crisis.
A special headache president Ahmad al-Shara The transition administration has been caused by the violence that has been erupted in recent weeks. They have killed hundreds or even more than a thousand representatives of the subtitle minority.
Syria for decades leading a terrifying deer Bašar al-Assad In December, the administration was marginalized at the end of the 13 -year civil war. Al-Assad and several of his administrations are key members.
Alapitians are a religious group that is usually considered as the branch of the Shia Islam.
The attacks on footnotes seem to have been mainly revenge. Attacks accelerated when government security forces They were ambushed by al-Assad supporters in early March.
As a response, the supporters of the Sunn’s Government conducted extensive retaliation in the sub -dishes, killing residents and robbing homes.
Attacks have been seen in the regions of Latakia, Tatous, Hama and Homs, British Broadcasting The BBC says.
According to the UN, at least 111 civilians have died, but the actual number is believed to be significantly higher. According to the worst estimates, the figures are up to 1,400.
According to the UN Human Rights Office and Syrian human rights organizations, the violence of the Latakia region has led to the deaths of whole families, including women and children.
The Syrian government has promised to establish an independent investigative committee to be liable. The UN has called for impartial and thorough investigations and the right to the victims and their families.
Due to the violence, many subtitles have fled to neighboring countries such as Lebanon.
The capital of Damascus in a peaceful atmosphere
Supplier Viivi Berghem and the photographer Benjamin Suomela They are currently depicting the Syrian youth external line documentary in Damascus, the capital of the country.
– In Damascus, the atmosphere has been relatively calm. As the recreational violence began last week, car processions were seen in the streets that came to support the current administration with their gesture.
Last Sunday, a peaceful expression of violence to stop violence, in turn, was escalated and shots were shot, Berghem says. According to him, in Damascus, the overwhelming feeling of violence in the country is sadness and deep disappointment.
– Many young people in the country, in particular, are concerned about the outbreak of the new Civil War. Many young people have lived throughout their lives in unbearable conditions in the midst of the Civil War.
Attitudes towards attacks varies
President Al-Shara, leading the transition management, has said that he wants to combine the country torn by conflicts.
According to Berghem, the change of power in Multi -Ethnemics and Syria has been largely positive regardless of ethnic or religious background.
However, attacks on footnotes may be treated differently depending on the person’s age or place of residence.
– they [alaviitit] They feel anger because they no longer control the state. They want to continue killing, destroy houses and abuse the countries they had previously taken over, subtitles in the country’s former administration Ahmad Dabbah says .
Dabbah, who lives in Damascus, represents older age groups in Syria. Younger generation Shadi al-lababide Instead, it calls for dialogue between all Syrian groups to stop violence and retaliation.
The one who met in Damascus too Amani Muhamad sees the current state of the country as much brighter, despite the violence that burst in the country.
– Everything is fine because people are no longer in prisons and you have no checkpoints.
At the inspection points, Muhamad refers to al-Assad’s era control sites where people were robbed, abused and imprisoned.