Hundreds killed in Syria as clashes erupt in ex-Assad strongholds
The violence that has killed hundreds across Syria reached Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, after Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to bring those responsible to justice.
The wave of violence that has killed hundreds of civilians across Syria reached the major cities of Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, hours after interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to bring those responsible to justice.
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The short-lived violence in the capital followed days of clashes concentrated in former Assad strongholds along Syria's Mediterranean coast.
More than 1,300 people were killed in Syria in the three days to late Sunday, with civilians comprising 973 of the dead, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a statement. The death toll as of early Monday was not immediately clear.
Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking in Damascus on Sunday. Syrian Presidency / AFP - Getty Images "We must acknowledge the truth that the fallen regime left deep wounds during its rule," Sharaa said in a speech late Sunday in which he called for peace and vowed to hold to account those responsible amid reports of executions and firing squads.
"Syria, with all its components, will remain united by the determination of its people," he said, adding that he had formed “a fact-finding committee to investigate the events in the coastal region, to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to reveal the truths to the Syrian people, so that everyone knows who is responsible.”
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