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U.N.: Syrian factions committed ‘widespread and systematic’ attacks on civilians in coastal violence
The UN report documents over 1,400 deaths and widespread abuses including extrajudicial killings and torture by various armed factions amid Syria’s fragile political transition.
- On Thursday, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said war crimes were likely committed by interim government forces and fighters loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad during sectarian violence in Syria's coastal areas in March.
- Following Assad’s ouster in December and an March 6 arrest operation by Syrian interim authorities, deadly attacks by pro-former government fighters began, the commission said.
- The Commission’s report detailed that members of government-affiliated factions were involved in extrajudicial killings, torture, and ill-treatment of civilians in Alawi-majority villages in a widespread and systematic manner.
- Families could not bury their dead, and hospitals in Tartus and Latakia became overwhelmed as some 1,400 civilians, mainly in Alawite communities, were reported killed.
- As part of its recommendations, the report urged guarantees of non-repetition in Syria’s transition process and called on the international community to support ongoing reforms.
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UN Syria Commission urges accountability for coastal violence affecting minority communities
The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry on Thursday reported that the wave of violence that engulfed coastal and western central Syria in March 2025 may constitute war crimes and urged for accountability to restore public confidence. Evidence adduced in the report illustrated a harrowing picture of widespread massacres targeting Alawi communities, documenting crimes including murder, torture, and the desecration of corpses alongside severe internal d…
UN: Syrian factions committed 'widespread and systematic' attacks on civilians in coastal violence
A U.N.-backed commission has found widespread and systematic violence against civilians in Syria's coastal region. The violence involved government-affiliated factions but wasn't directed by the central government. The report, released Thursday, examined clashes in March between groups aligned with former…
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