Author: Malek Fouda
Published on: 09/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
The death toll from today days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad has risen to more than 1,000 on Saturday. 125 government security forces, close to 150 militants with armed groups affiliated with Assad were killed. Clashes which erupted on Thursday marked a major escalation in the challenge. A resident tells the Associated Press that gunmen prevented residents from removing the bodies of five of their neighbours killed on Friday for hours. Residents added that attacks on Baniyas were indiscriminate and only aimed to seek revenge on the Alawite minority for the atrocities committed by the Assad regime. Germany’s Special Envoy for Syria condemns the violence. Paris condemns atrocities committed against civilians on the basis of religion grounds. France urges Syrian interim authorities to make sure independent investigations “shed full light on these crimes” Tens of thousands of people marched in cities around the world on March 8th to mark International Women’s Day. Rome marches against gender violence and closing the gender gap. 394 women were killed by men in Turkey in 2024, according to the We Will Stop Femicides Platform. The government’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in 2021 has also been a source of anger among activists.
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