New alarming videos depict armed individuals carrying rifles as they invade the streets of Damascus amid reports of 1,500 fatalities in Syria due to the political chaos.
The ongoing violent confrontations between supporters of Bashar al-Assad and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group responsible for ousting the dictator, have brought immense devastation to the war-torn country over the last four days.
Shocking new clips have emerged showing the violence that has erupted in Syria.
Terrifying videos showed civilians being hit with poles while being forced to crawl on the floor.
Others were shoved while rifles were pointed at their heads.
The conflict escalated when followers of the deposed Assad regime launched an assault on the interim government that overthrew the dictator in December.
Assad’s loyalists attacked a security checkpoint in the Western coat town of Latakia on Thursday.
Electricity and drinking water were also cut off in prominent areas around the city.
Most of the former tyrant’s supporters were from the Alawite sect, which is a branch of Shia Islam that Assad was part of.
On Friday, they were met with Sunni Muslim fighters loyal to Syria’s new leader and the head of HTS Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Witnesses revealed how women were reportedly forced to “walk naked” in the streets before being shot dead.
And a teenage boy was also handed a rifle and forced to shoot his own family, reports claim.
The new government said it was responding to attacks from remnants of Assad’s forces – and blamed “individual actions” for the heinous violence.
Syria’s defence ministry spokesperson, Hassan Abdul Ghany revealed the deadly fighting has since ended.
Ghany said: “We are paving the way for life to return to normal and for the consolidation of security and stability.”
He added that plans were in place to fight any remnants of Assad’s loyalist fighters that have remained even after the tyrant fled to Moscow.
Ghany said: “We were able to absorb the attacks from the remnants of the former regime and its officers.
“We shattered their element of surprise and managed to push them away from vital centres, securing most of the main roads.”
Al-Sharaa vowed on Sunday to hunt down the perpetrators of the violent clashes and said he would hold to account anyone who overstepped the new rulers’ authority.
BROKEN NATION
The civil war that has been raging in Syria since March 2011 has left more than half a million people dead and millions displaced.
The new government has pledged to unite Syria after 14 years of civil war.
But challenges remain as Syrians celebrate, but hopes rise for a democratic future after years of war.
Assad’s fall not only signals the collapse of a dynastic dictatorship but also underscores the cost of clinging to power through terror.
Evil Assad decimated Syria’s infrastructure and tore it’s society apart in his mad desire for power.
