Tartous and Latakia Province where battles and violence broke out on Thursday are strong mounts for the religious minority Alawiter, of which the former dictator Bashar al-Assad belongs.
Images on social media show battles, violence and dead bodies. Syrian actress Nour Ali has shared clips on her Instagram channel with 1.5 million followers, where they see men who are abused and men who are boasting that they kill Alawiter. The actress’s own home should also have been shot by government forces.
– It’s chaos and terror. We are terrified, people have been killed in their homes, ”she says on Instagram.
A video that we have not been able to verify, but which is said to be from Brabshbo, northeast of Latakia, shows dead people wrapped in blankets along a road and crying women walking around among the village. One of them shouts that there are garbage trucks that have come to pick up the bodies.
– You continue to betray us, the woman exclaims.
– May God forgive you for what you do to the people, another woman is heard in the clip.
Temporary President Ahmad Al-Sharaa said in a statement on Sunday that the development of violence is “within the framework of what to expect”. The new board has also published a written statement stating that they will form a committee to investigate the events, guarantee the security of civilians and one country.
SVT has geolocalized two of the clips from the violent areas. See the survey in the clip above.
In the video, SVT shows excerpts from social media. The images have been blurred because they are so violent.