President al-Sharaa has ordered a committee to investigate the violence and set up “civil peace” mediations.
Yasser Farhan, the spokesperson of the committee, said the president will receive its findings in two weeks as the committee is currently analyzing information then writing its final report based on testimonies and information gathered from over 1,000 people, in addition to briefings from officials and interrogations of detainees. He advised Reuters against publishing its findings before the report’s release.
“We are unable to provide any responses before completing this process in respect for the integrity of the truth,” he said, adding, “I expect that you will find the results useful, and that they uncover the truth."
One official of the new government, Ahmed al-Shami, the governor of Tartous province, told Reuters that Alawites are not being targeted. He acknowledged “violations” against Alawite civilians, and estimated around 350 people died in Tartous, in line with what Reuters also found. That figure has never been published by the government.
“The Alawite sect is not on any list, black, red or green. It’s not criminalized and it’s not targeted for retaliation. The Alawites faced injustice just like the rest of the Syrian people in general” under Assad, the governor said. “The sect needs safety. It’s our duty as a government which we will work on.”
In a sign of the government’s tenuous control over its own fighters, newly integrated factions faced off in village streets at times, according to witnesses in three different locations who all described seeing one side trying to protect bewildered civilians from uniformed men trying to kill them.
But I understand that reading your own links is a bit too much effort for you to put in. Why bother with that when you have a narrative to peddle?
From your own link:
But I understand that reading your own links is a bit too much effort for you to put in. Why bother with that when you have a narrative to peddle?
Maybe read more than a quarter of the article. But I understand it’s a bit much effort for someone like you.
Aw, someone’s mad that it was pointed out that their own source disproves their point.
It’s funny you think I’m mad, I’m just disappointed there are people like you around here.
Try to work on your reading comprehension and maybe in a couple years you can read through the whole article again.
People with basic reading comprehension?
Yes, I suppose that must be deeply disappointing for people who want to peddle thought-free narratives.