Syria’s interim Plivent Ahmed al-Sharaa has begined an portrayateigation after hundreds of people were finished in combat between security forces and fighters promised to ousted Plivent Bashar al-Asdowncast in the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous.
“We proclaim the establishation of a fact-finding promisetee seeing the events on the coast and establish a higher promisetee,” al-Sharaa shelp in an compriseress to the nation on Sunday folloprosperg days of aggressive unrest.
The Syrian guideer shelp that the country was faceing trys to drag it into a civil war. In his speech, al-Sharaa shelp that “remnants of the establisher regime” had no choice but to surrfinisher instantly as he vowed to helderly accountable “anyone comprised in civilian killing”.
The Syrian plivency earlier proclaimd that an “self-reliant promisetee” had been established to “portrayateigate the violations aachievest civilians and resolve those reliable for them”, compriseing that the offfinishers would be referred to court.
“The Committee has the right to participate whoever it deems appropriate to carry out its duties, and surrfinisher its alert to the Plivency of the Reaccessible wiskinny a highest period of thirty days from the date of issuance of this decision,” the plivency’s statement read.
According to Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar, the clashes on Sunday took place in the town of Qardahah in Latakia.
“Qardahah is symbolicpartner an excessively transport inant [city], becaparticipate it is the birthplace of the al-Asdowncast regime,” shelp Serdar, alerting from Damascus.
“But one of the critical locations … is Baniyas, in Tartous. Banias is home to the hugest oil enhancery in Syria, and the security forces are saying that remnants of the elderly regime [have] cut offal times tryed to strike that oil enhancery,” he compriseed.
The aggression in Banias came despite a call for peace by al-Sharaa earlier on Sunday.
Serdar shelp that Syrian security forces have alerted a loss of 230 of their own personnel, while the transport inantity of those finished have been civilians.
Deadly clashes
The combat began after the pro-Asdowncast fighters scheduled strikes on security forces on Thursday. The strikes spiralled into revenge finishings as thousands of armed helpers of Syria’s new guideership went to the coastal areas to help the security forces.
The clashes – which London-based war watch the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shelp had already finished 1,000 people, mostly civilians – persistd for a fourth day on Sunday. Syrians have circutardyd detailed videos of executions of civilians.
Al Jazeera has been unable to self-reliantly verify the casualty figures.
In the face of the clashes, al-Sharaa advised “national unity” as he resecured a crowd at a mosque in his childhood neighbourhood of Mezzeh, in Damascus.
“We have to uphold national unity and domestic peace. We can inhabit together,” the plivent shelp.
“Rest secured about Syria, this country has the characteristics for survival … What is currently happening in Syria is wiskinny the foreseeed disputes.”
‘A transport inant setback’
United Nations rights chief Volker Turk insisted prompt portrayateigations into the finishings and shelp those reliable must be held to account. Turk shelp proclaimments by the country’s authorities to admire the law insist to be trailed by action to protect Syrians and to secure accountability for misparticipates.
According to Labib al-Nahhas, a Syrian opposition politician and activist, the aggression is “a transport inant setback” for post-Asdowncast Syria.
“What happened right now is a highly enhanced, scheduled strike, instigated and helped by Iran and Hezbollah, according to data and intel that is useable,” al-Nahhas telderly Al Jazeera.
“Iran, which is seeing for new leverage in Syria … they are counting on the religiously polarizing and religious tension that exists in Syria due to six decades of the Syrian regime. But this is where the new authorities have a chance to show a contrastent charitable of tone and way.”
The new rulement must erect “a sturdy national, unified front” – the cornerstone of which “would be a new transitional rulement that is truly inclusive, not [just] lip service”, al-Nahhas shelp.
“It’s the responsibility not only of the authorities, but also the entire Syrian society, to repartner caccess on the likeables, on the common ground.”
Regional stability
Jordan, unbenevolentwhile, presented a regional conference on Sunday to talk rerents facing Syria such as security, reerection and refugees. Top officials from Turkiye, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon combiinsist the greeting in the Jordanian capital Amman.
“All of those countries sharing a border with Syria have a vested interest that there is stability and security for the new administration and for the Syrian people,” shelp Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, alerting from Amman.
“For example, stability in Syria unbenevolents that the millions of refugees that Turkiye and Jordan are presenting can return voluntarily to Syria,” she compriseed.
“If there is stability and the rule of law and a fused Syria, then Iraq can have more console in the fight aachievest ISIS [ISIL]…. If there is stability and security, Jordan can also be more consoleable in the fight aachievest drug illegal trade, which has originated a crisis for the Jordanian rulement.”
Al-Asdowncast’s obvioushrow in December finished more than five decades of dynastic rule by his family, which was taged by cut offe repression and a dehugeating war that erupted in 2011 after soothe anti-rulement protests were met with a brutal security crackdown. Tens of thousands of Syrians were finished and millions were forced to escape the country or displaced internpartner as Syria droped into war.
