The leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS, Levant Liberation Organization), Ahmed Hussein al Shara (known as Abu Mohamed al Golani), announced this Tuesday that he will publish a list with the identities of those senior officials who have been involved. in torture against the civilian population of Syria during the regime of Bashar al Assad.
“We will not hesitate to hold accountable the criminals, murderers, security and military officials involved in the torture of the Syrian people. We will pursue the war criminals and hold them to the countries to which they fled so that they receive their just punishment. We will announce a list that includes the names of the highest officials involved,” the Islamist leader said in a statement on Telegram.
Likewise, he has indicated that they will offer rewards to those who provide information about the high command of the Army and the security services involved in war crimes. “We have affirmed our commitment to tolerance against those whose hands are not stained with the blood of the Syrian people, and we have granted amnesty to those who were in compulsory service,” he clarified.
“The blood of the innocent martyrs and the rights of the detainees are a trust that we will not allow to be wasted or forgotten,” he concluded. These statements have taken place after talks began the day before with the overthrown Government regarding the transfer of power.
Hours earlier, the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) organization, known as the ‘white helmets’, announced that it had concluded search operations for possible detainees in the secret cells and basements of the Saydnaya prison, known as the ‘human slaughterhouse’. of Syria and where tens of thousands of people allegedly opposed to the Government of Al Assad would have died.
As they have indicated in a statement published on their X profile, the search – in which up to five teams have participated – “has not discovered any hidden area” within the facilities, despite the fact that the prison He had “thousands of innocent individuals” behind bars and families of the missing believed that some detainees might not have left in recent days considering they were in secured areas.
“We share the deep disappointment of the families of the thousands of people who remain missing and whose fate is unknown. We stand in solidarity with the families of the victims, fully understanding their anguish and their longing for answers about their loved ones,” they stated.
For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has indicated that in the search work in the Saydnaya prison, the lifeless bodies of 15 civilians have been found after having been tortured. Likewise, he has indicated that since the beginning of the year he has documented the death under torture and poor medical care of 69 civilians in prisons and security centers of the regime.
The offensive in Syria, launched on November 27 from the province of Idlib and led by the Syrian group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), has allowed jihadists and rebels to take the capital, Damascus, and put an end to the Al family regime Assad, in power since 1971, faced with a constant withdrawal of government troops, backed by Russia and Iran.
