Shafaq News/ Syria’stransitional President Ahmad Al-Sharaa said the mass killings of Alawites inrecent days posed a major challenge to his mission of uniting the country,vowing to hold all perpetrators accountable, including his own allies ifnecessary.
In an exclusiveinterview with Reuters, Al-Sharaa blamed pro-Assad groups backed by foreignpowers for triggering the violence but acknowledged that revenge attacks hadfollowed. “Syria is a state of law. The law will take its course on all,” hetold Reuters from the Damascus presidential palace, where his forces oustedBashar al-Assad on December 8, forcing him to flee to Moscow.
“We fought to defendthe oppressed, and we won’t accept that any blood be shed unjustly, or goeswithout punishment or accountability, even among those closest to us,”Al-Sharaa said.
More than 1,000 peoplehave been killed in two days of clashes in Syria’s coastal region betweengunmen linked to the country's new Islamist rulers and fighters from Basharal-Assad's Alawite sect, including 973 Alawite civilians, according to the SyrianObservatory for Human Rights.
Al-Sharaa said 200security personnel had been killed but declined to confirm the overall deathtoll, pending an investigation by an independent committee he announced onSunday.
He blamed the outbreakof violence on the 4th Division, a former military unit loyal to Assad’sbrother Maher, and an unspecified foreign power. “It became an opportunity forrevenge,” he admitted, referring to long-standing sectarian grievances. He hasestablished two committees—one to investigate the killings within 30 days andanother to promote civil peace and reconciliation.
Despite videos onsocial media showing executions of Alawites by Islamist fighters, some of whichReuters has verified, Al-Sharaa declined to confirm whether jihadist factionsor his own security forces were involved. “These are matters for theinvestigation,” he said.
The killings havedeeply shaken Syria’s coastal cities, forcing thousands of Alawites to flee toLebanon or mountainous villages. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkiye have backedSharaa amid the crisis, while Russia expressed concern and Iran urged againstoppression. Washington blamed “radical Islamist terrorists, including foreignjihadis.”
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