Druze Activist condemns international silence on massacres in Syria

Druze political activist Bashar Nassar criticized the international silence over the attacks and crimes targeting multiple regions in Syria, holding international powers responsible for turning a blind eye to what he described as “systematic crimes” against various Syrian components.

In a statement to our agency, Nassar said that the latest of these crimes occurred in the Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh, and Bani Zaid neighborhoods of Aleppo, alongside ongoing kidnapping and killing operations, with threats extending to other parts of Syria, such as Deir Hafir and Maskanah in the countryside of the Tabqa canton.

The neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh, and Bani Zaid have been subjected since December 6 to attacks carried out by mercenaries of the interim government in Syria, resulting in widespread massacres and the displacement of thousands of residents. The fate of hundreds of civilians remains unknown to this day, in addition to damage to hundreds of buildings and civilian institutions in those areas.

Nassar pointed out that the restrictions and siege imposed on Sweida, along with kidnapping incidents on the coast and in other interior regions of Syria targeting people with opposing political views, are contributing to the deepening of the humanitarian crisis and undermining prospects for stability.

He stressed that all this is happening amid the absence of any effective role for international law, expressing astonishment at the silence, saying: “How strange is this world that remains silent in the face of the greatest crime of this era. Shame on the societies and international powers that claim humanity while remaining silent before massacres.”

At the same time, he called on international powers to assume their moral and legal responsibilities, put an end to the crimes, work seriously to protect civilians, and support a path that guarantees Syria’s unity and the rights of all its components—rather than the opposite.

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