Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that he will punish “even among those closest” to him for participating in mass killings in the country’s coastal region days ago.
Hundreds are reported to have died in the violence, including members of the Alawite minority, as well as security forces who were ambushed by apparent supporters of former President Bashar al-Assad. Security forces are accused of carrying out “revenge” attacks after the ambushes carried out against them.
