Syria: 'No One Will Be Above Law', Interim Leader Vows Investigation Over Revenge Killings

Owing to international backlash over two day clashes between security forces and the loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad in which over ༺one thousand people were killed, Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sha💞raa has vowed to punish those involved in ` harming civilians'.

This is the worst cycle of violence in Syria si🌺nce December, when Sharaa's rebel movement overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria.

Citing Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, The Associated Press reported that 74ꦗ5 civilians have been killed, mostly in shootings from close range, while 125 government security personnel and 148 militants affiliated with armed groups supporting Assad have alsoꦺ died.

What Did The Syrian Leader Say?

According to BBC, taking cognisance of the severity of the unrest, Sharaa, in a speech said, "Today, as we stand at this critical moment, we find ourselves facing a new danger - attempts by remnants of the former regime and their foreign backers to incite new strife and drag our country into a civil war, aiming to divide it and destroy its unity and stability," t𒁏he interim president said on Sunday🍬.",

"We affirm that we will hold accountable, firmly and without leniency, anyone who is involved in the bloodshed of civilians or harming our people, who overs♐tepped the powers of the state or exploits authority to achieve his own ends", he further said while adding, "No-one will be above the law and anyone whose hands are stained with 🌠the blood of Syrians will face justice sooner rather than later."

Earlier it was also announced that an independent committee had been formed in a bid to investigate 🌞the violations against civilians and identꦰify the perpetrators.

About The Recent Revenge Killings

Violence erupted on Thursday between government security forces and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria's coastal r💙egion, raising the death toll from two days of clashes and subsequent revenge killings to more than 1,000.

The clashes marked a major es🔯calation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after insurgents took authority after the fall of the Assad regime.

Clashes broke out in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus on Syria's Medit🐈erranean coast, which is hoꩵme to the country's Alawite minority and a bastion of support for ousted President Al-Assad.

About 10 percent of Syrians are Alawite, which a connected to Shia commu🌃nity in Islam. The Assad family, who ruled in Syria for almost five decades, is Alaw🎀ite.

The government has said it was responding to🧸 attacks by remnants of🉐 Assad's forces and blamed 'individual actions' for the widespread violence.

The retaliatory killings that started on Friday were executed by Sunni Muslim government loyalist gunmen against supporters of Assad's minority Alawite sect, a major blow to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that overthrew the old government. The Alawite community has long been a crucial component of Assad's base, the Associated Press confirmed.