Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians

The Syrian security forces killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the group of minorities in continuous violence along the country’s coast, according to the War Control Group.

The Syrian British Observatory for Human Rights (Sohr) said that about 745 civilians were killed in about 30 “massacres” targeting the two righteous on Friday and Saturday.

BBC News could not independently verify these claims.

According to what was reported, hundreds of people have fled their homes in the area – a heart of ousted President Bashar al -Assad, who also belongs to the Alamit sect.

Sohr said a total of more than 1,000 people in the past two days, in what is the worst violence in Syria since the rebels overthrew the Assad regime in December.

This number includes dozens of government forces and loyal gunmen, who have been imprisoned in clashes in coastal Latakia and children’s provinces since Thursday.

About 125 members of the Islamic security forces and 148 fighters were killed in violence, according to the Sohr report.

A spokesman for the Syrian Ministry of Defense told SANA news agency in the country that the government had re -controlled “treacherous attacks” against security personnel.

Violence has left the Alawite community in a “state of terror”, which is an activist in the city BBC was told on FridayWith hundreds of people fleeing the affected areas.

The large crowds resorted to a Russian military base in Hmeimim in Latakia, according to Reuters.

The video footage shared by Reuters showed dozens of people chanting “People want Russian protection” outside the base.

Meanwhile, dozens of families fled to neighboring Lebanon, according to the local media.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Gear Pedersen, said that he “is very anxious” through “very disturbing reports on civil losses” in the coastal areas of Syria.

He called on all aspects to refrain from procedures that could “destabilize” the country and endanger the “reliable and comprehensive political transition.”

Alawits, whose sect is a branch of Shiite Islam, is about 10 % of the population of Syria, which is the majority of Muslims.