Scores killed as Assad loyalists clash with Syrian security forces

Several people were reported to have been killed in Syria on Friday because members of the government security forces clashed with Bashar al-Assad’s loyal to the second day that the most violent episode was identified since the fall of the Syrian new leaders.

Syrian officials said the clash began on Thursday when the gunmen attacked the state security forces and killed one of the initial five in the coastal province Latakia province, which was called the former former. Assad Fort

According to Latakia officials, more people were killed as the unknown number of civilians continued all night. Damascus has sent heavy reinforcement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says that about 5 members of the armed forces, five Assad fighters and seven civilians were killed.

Suhr also said that government forces responded to three villages near the coast and killed “dozens of men”.

Lebanese supporter Al -Maedin said the attack on three villages and said that more than 5 people were killed in Mukhtrehe alone.

A video has shown that dozens of men have been shown, some bloody and stacked on the street, which claimed that filming was filmed on Friday morning, it was aired on social media.

The number of correct deaths remains unclear and FT cannot spontaneously verify Suhr statistics or videos.

Several Alawite residents of the coastal cities and Latakia cities told FT that they were either seeking shelter at home or fleeing for fear of retaliation, hearing uninterrupted gunfire and bombing.

In his first comment since the outbreak of the conflict, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharai said that government forces would follow the “remnants” of the departed government and take them to justice, adding that those who attacked the citizens would be held accountable.

“We will continue the remnants of the falling regime. The The We will bring them to a fair court, and we will continue to restrict weapons in the state and there will be no loose weapons in Syria, “Shara said in a pre-recorded speech.

This is one of the most serious threats so far SyriaThe Islamist rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharai were installed in December in December.

Shara has since left the army and the police, including the police and the police, and has left a patchwork of allied rebel parties, who have been fought in this governance system for more than five years to maintain this order.

It fought to impose control over the coast, where many members of the same Alawaite minorities that the Assads live with. Armed Alawaite gunmen have launched a scattered attack on state security forces, and dozens of Alawtes have been killed in recent months.

This week has threatened to destabilize a fragile peace in the fight and submerge the country into a more communal violence cycle.

A party called the Military Council for the release of Syria has issued a statement on Thursday, promising to bring the government down. It announced the establishment of the group and was posted during the attack. It is led by a former commander of the brutal fourth division of the Assad Army, once led by Bashar’s brother Maher,

The group says the “jihadist” government failed to protect the citizens and the economic and security situation has deteriorated new below. The statement said, “We assure our people that we are not seeking power and our only goal is to release Syria,” the statement stated that it called for all communities and racing people to join.

The Ministry of Defense has sent fighters to loyal Hayat Tahrir al-ShamSharra Group that is now running the state, is on the coast to deal with the attack. Some promised their own videos to take the right revenge and kill “pigs”, a contemptible word that refers to the Alawaite.

A Defense Ministry spokesman said that on Friday afternoon, government forces attacked “rapid field progress and re -used control over territories”.

The curfews were announced in Tartas and Latakia, while the security forces sat on both cities and the surrounding hills.

Banias resident said that he had seen dozens of bodies on the street near his house. “This is a whole genocide. I was very scared to see if I knew any of the dead, “he said that he only gave his name as Abu Ahmad for fear of revenge.

On Friday, Alawet, a prominent Alawaite scholar of 86 -year -old Sheikh Shaban Mansur (98) with his son in Salhab, near Latakia. Alawaite workers accused the online government forces of killing him. FT could not verify the claims.

Government officials suggested that they were fighting to prevent revenge attacks, a lot of crowds could take the right revenge for their own revenge for the attack on the state forces.

According to an unknown officer, the state news agency Sanar said that their steps “have directed some distinct violations and we are working to stop them”.

An exciting quiet has been held in Damascus, where the security forces were patrolling the streets to maintain discipline in the Alawaite hills as a display of strength on the street.

Hundreds of Syrians were displayed in support of the government in the capital and other major cities.