In the city of Sweida de Sweida by Syria Druze, they said they have been living terrorists since the arrival of government forces that have been carrying out what witnesses and a war monitor have called summary executions.
The forces of the Syrian government entered the city of Sweida on Tuesday, with the declared objective of supervising a high fire agreed with the leaders of the Druse community after the days of struggle with the local Beduine tribes.
The Druse community of Syria follows a religion derived from Islam and is part of a minority group that also has members in Lebanon, Israel and the Golán highs occupied by Israelis.
In Syria, the community is concentrated in the Sweida region that borders Jordan, in areas adjacent to the goal occupied by Israel, and in the suburb of Damascus Jaramana.
Eco arrangements for the Alauitas, the French colonial authorities established a state called Jabal Al-Druze centered on Sweida until 1936.
After Syria’s civil war broke out in 2011, Druze maintained protests against Assad, but was saved from most of the massive violence that was developed in other parts of the country. They faced periodic attacks from other groups, including President of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Tahrir al Sham and other militants who consider their sect as heretical.
Druse maintains a degree of secret about the practice of his faith that arose in the eleventh century and incorporates elements of Islam and other philosophies, emphasizing monotheism, reincarnation and the search for truth.
The friction between Druze and the new authorities of Syria has become struggles several times this year, especially in Jaramana and Suweida. Israel has intervened with air attacks against Syrian government forces during clashes with the declared objective of protecting the druzador.
‘Catastrophic situation’
“Many of my friends were killed, including a doctor who went to the hospital,” said Osama, 32, by phone on Wednesday, added that he was in the center of the city of the South.
“There were summary executions in the streets,” he said AFPCrying, declining to provide your last name.
“If they get here, I am dead,” he said, adding: “I’m afraid of massacres similar to those of the coast.”
The 43 -year -old Munzer paramedic said he was caught at home in Sweida, unable to respond to help calls.
“The entire families have been decimated. I know a family of four who were killed at home,” he said.
“The bombing did not stop all night,” said Munzer, also refused to provide his last name. “We have nothing left to eat in the refrigerator, just some dry cookies and some fruits and vegetables that have gone badly because the power has been cut for 48 hours.
“I have four children, but I don’t know how to protect them.”
But the most difficult, according to Munzer, is not to be able to do his job as a paramedic.
He said he had received more than 50 calls for help and was worried about the “catastrophic situation” in the main hospital of the city, where he usually works.
A AFP The correspondent in the city saw men in uniforms of the Ministry of Defense, some with their face covered, throwing mortars near the bodies of two Druss combatants, while other combatants went home home by searches.
The city of about 150,000 residents was deserted, and the stores were closed.
Other AFP The correspondent saw on Wednesday about 30 bodies in the field, including government forces and combatants with civil clothing whose affiliation was not clear immediately.
According to the monitor of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, more than 300 people have been killed since they exploded on Sunday between Drusos and Beduine tribes, causing government intervention and Israeli attacks in support of the Druss.
The majority of the dead are combatants, but also include 40 civilians, 27 of them summarily executed by the security force personnel, according to the Observatory based in Britain, which is based on a network of sources within Syria.
The Syrian presidency condemned on Wednesday “atrocious acts” and promised to punish those responsible.
A committee in charge of investigating the coastal massacres in March would issue their findings earlier this month, but no report has been announced.
