Massacre in Syria makes Russia and USA call the UN Security Council

In recent weeks the advancement of violence in Syria has alarmed the world. Only last weekend more than a thousand people were killed. The situation stems from the clash between forces faithful to Bashar-Al-Assad, deposed in December, and the transitional government forces, accused of executing civilians of the Alauita minority, of which Assad is from. With this, Russia and the United States requested an emergency meeting from the United Nations Security Council (UN) that takes place on Monday (10).

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) were killed 754 civilians, 148 Assad -linked combatants and 125 current government fighters. The entity understands that these numbers are underestimated, and the amount of dead should be even higher. Among the victims performed much are women and children. There is no confirmation of the numbers by Syrian authorities.

International agencies information states that the Security Council meeting (which still brings together China, France and the United Kingdom permanently, in addition to Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Algeria, South Korea, Slovenia and Guyana in an interim way) will be closed doors. Reports account for looted alauites houses and summary executions, with bodies stacked on the streets.

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The current Syrian president, Ahmad Al Sharaa, says that those responsible for deaths and withdrawals will be held responsible. However, it attributed the current turbulence to Assad -linked combatants and foreign governments who supported their regime for 24 years. The conflict has put pressure under the temporary government by attracting international attention when everyone was waiting for a transition without retaliation.

The Alauites, even being a minority, have always been represented to compose the government of Assad and his military body. 9% of the population corresponds to the branch of Shiite Islam.

The new government is from Sunites, which are majority in the country and are underrected over the decades of command of Hafez al-Assad, which was ahead of the country between 1971 and 2000, and his son Bashar from 2000 to 2024.

The population is still composed of Kurds, Christians and Drudos, among other groups. In particular the Alauites, for the past linked to power, are living in fear, because even those who have no connection with Assad, whether military or not, are being repressed, according to the reports collected. They indicate that the military has been promoting ethnic cleaning, especially in the provinces of Tartous and Latakia, this last cradle of ethnicity.