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There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
On his chest is a black patch inscribed with Arabic calligraphy that spells out the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith
What we really need is a lifting of the sanctions,
he saysThe bloodshed in Syria must stop immediately, he said, and perpetrators of violations must be held to account,
Guterres' spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters
We are receiving extremely disturbing reports of entire families, including women, children and hors de combat fighters, being killed. There must be prompt, transparent and impartial investigations into all the killings and other violations, and those responsible must be held to account, in line with international law norms and standards. Groups terrorising civilians must also be held accountable."
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk
Today, as we stand in this decisive moment, we find ourselves in front of a new danger, represented in attempts by loyalists of the ousted regime, backed by external entities, to create a new strife and drag our country to a civil war, with the aim of dividing it and destroying its unity and stability. We assure that we will firmly hold accountable anyone involved in civilians' bloodshed, overstepped state authority or misused power for personal gains."
Syrian Interim Government President Ahmed Al-SharaaThese crimes come as part of a large-scale retaliatory campaign targeting members of the Alawite sect, amid ongoing mass killings, house burnings, and forced displacement, all while there is a lack of international intervention to stop these massacres,
the UK-based NGO said in a report MondayThey gathered all the men on the roof and opened fire on them,
Haidar said
We will hold accountable, firmly and without leniency, anyone who was involved in the bloodshed of civilians... or who overstepped the powers of the state,
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a video posted by state news agency SANAAnyone involved in this matter will be referred to the judiciary."
In Jordan, Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani saidThe killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease, immediately,
the U.N. commissioner for human rights Volker Türk, said Sunday
One of the militants told her to take her gold off and said that otherwise they’d kill her daughter,
the resident saidAs an Alawite, I don’t see I have a future here in Syria,
said one 36-year-old from the coastal town of Jableh, who hid in an abandoned building to escape the killingsImagine your husband and three boys being killed in front of you,
said the resident, who was not there at the time but relayed accounts from his neighborsEntire families were being wiped out,
one doctor working in al-Qadmus, a town perched in the mountains in Tartus province, said of the bloodshedNo one will be above the law, and all those whose hands are stained with Syrian blood will face justice — fairly and without delay,
Sharaa said SundayThey entered homes and carried out mass killings of all Alawites,
she saidI am still alive, but I don’t know if that will be the case one hour from now or one day from now,
he saidWhile the situation remains fluid and we are still determining the precise facts, there is clearly an immediate need for restraint from all parties,
Geir Pedersen said in a statement
All parties should refrain from actions that could further inflame tensions, escalate conflict, exacerbate the suffering of affected communities, destabilise Syria, and jeopardise a credible and inclusive political transition,
he insistedOn Friday morning, at 8 am, military factions entered Baniyas with militias from the region, particularly from Bayda [a village 12 kilometers to the south], where a massacre had been committed during the time of the al-Assad regime. There were foreigners with them, Turkmen and Chechens. They started killing people. They were everywhere,
said a resident of an Alawite neighborhood in this multi-faith town on the Syrian coast