Syrian groups that are not part of the new government are responsible for the killings, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian militant groups have killed at least 39 people in what appears to be revenge against the former regime of President Bashar al-Assad. This was reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Monday, TASR writes, according to a report by the DPA agency.
SOHR said Syrian groups, which are not part of the new government, were responsible for the killings. “Local (Sunni) militants are taking revenge in Syria and settling old scores with members of the previous regime,” SOHR head Rami Abdal Rahman told DPA. According to him, most of the violent acts take place around the city of Homs, while the identity of the perpetrators is unknown.
The Britain-based Observatory spoke of executions, arbitrary mass detention or “humiliation”. SOHR, which has been monitoring the situation in Syria since 2011, called for an immediate end to these acts of violence.
Fears of reprisal attacks
The public execution of a local commander in Syria, which took place in early January, raised fears of retaliatory attacks against former supporters or officers of the Assad government, DPA reminds. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned during her visit to Syria that the country should not resort to a system of injustice.
The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmad Shaar, led a surprise offensive by the rebels who overthrew the Assad regime in December 2024. The former president had to flee to Moscow after more than two decades in power.
