The further the civil war continues, the more points Bashar al Assad might gain. Many, from the outside, will almost be tempted to hail the return of his leadership as preferable, they say, to the slaughter that is still to come, nearly forgetting he is the principal cause for the conflict itself.
100,000 civilians dead and counting, the conflict is now deep in the throes and chaos of civil war. If anyone believed that this civil war could be won earnestly and fairly, then history has been all but forgotten.
One of the hallmarks of a civil war is retribution. But in places where the dictator is represented by a sect or an ethnic community, he is the sum of all those people who share his heritage.
The Alawites knew this day would come. Rebels, who have seen their own people gassed, maimed and tortured, were bound to seek vengeance on the Alawite sect, the one to which Assad belongs. But the ones who are most keen on taking vengeance are not from the Free Syria Front, but from the Sunni rebel factions that are mostly foreign.
It matters very little what geographic location they occupy. They will be hunted down, even if the rebels do not win the war.
67 civilians were brutally executed by Syrian rebels in August, and 200 more taken as hostages, whose fate at this point is unknown. The attack occurred in the province of Latakia around August 18.
The groups that took part in the massacre are believed to be the foreign rebel factions, which are for the most part composed of Islamists affiliated with Al Qaeda. The vast majority of the Alawites still held hostage are believed to be women and children.
The Human Rights Watch representatives are trying to mobilize the UN to investigate the acts as war crimes, due to the numbers and the nature of the killings. The agency also requested that a sanction or other punitive measure be imposed on the groups on all sides to stop the killing.
Most of the rebel groups are of the Sunni belief. The Human Rights Watch agency is also appealing to countries whose majorities are Sunnis to endeavor to free the Alawites still held hostage.
Partial Source : France 24 / 10.11.13
67 civilians were brutally executed by Syrian rebels in August, and 200 more taken as hostages, whose fate at this point is unknown. The attack occurred in the province of Latakia around August 18.
The groups that took part in the massacre are believed to be the foreign rebel factions, which are for the most part composed of Islamists affiliated with Al Qaeda. The vast majority of the Alawites still held hostage are believed to be women and children.
The Human Rights Watch representatives are trying to mobilize the UN to investigate the acts as war crimes, due to the numbers and the nature of the killings. The agency also requested that a sanction or other punitive measure be imposed on the groups on all sides to stop the killing.
Most of the rebel groups are of the Sunni belief. The Human Rights Watch agency is also appealing to countries whose majorities are Sunnis to endeavor to free the Alawites still held hostage.
Partial Source : France 24 / 10.11.13
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