Die syrische Armee hat am Samstag dutzende Extremisten, darunter viele ausländische Söldner, getötet, wie die Agentur Sana am Sonntag unter Berufung auf die Regierungskräfte meldet.
„Bei Sonderoperationen in den Orten Duma, Yabrud, Maalula und Zabadani wurden Dutzende Extremisten, darunter Bürger Saudi-Arabiens und des Libanon, getötet. Die Armee hat im Raum von Duma eine Anti-Terror-Operation durchgeführt und den Bunker einer bewaffneten Gruppe mit Waffen und Munition zerstört“, heißt es.
Syrian rebels have looted and burned minority religious sites in
Northern Syria, US-based Human Rights Watch says. The attacks highlight
the increasingly sectarian nature of the conflict as the bloodshed
continues unabated.
The three incidents took place in November and December of last year in religiously mixed areas.
Rebels
looted two Christian churches in separate villages in the relatively
peaceful western governorate of Latakia, local witnesses told the rights
watchdog.
They also destroyed a Shiite ‘husseiniya’ – a religious
site devoted to Hussein, a martyr in Shiite tradition – in Idlib
governorate.
In all three cases, Human Rights Watch found evidence
showing the attacks on the religious sites were directly connected to
the areas coming under the control of the armed rebels.
