National Intelligence Director Tarsi Gabbard's warning against the acquisition of terrorists in Syria appears to have come to light in reports that al-Qaeda-related terrorist forces were accused of being a member of the country's slump Christian community, as well as members of the country's slump Christian community.
Gunmen associated with Syrian security forces have killed more than 340 civilians over the past two days.
At Gabbard's Senate confirmation hearing She said, “I have no love for Assad or the dictator. I hate al-Qaeda. Our leaders are comfortable with Islamic extremists, and as Jake Sullivan told Hillary Clinton, they call them “rebels.” On 9/11, and who was in charge of killing many American soldiers. ”
Alawite woman from Al-Ghab Plaine, a large population of Alawite, told Fox News Digital, “Alawis is a pig and they and their little children must be executed before the elderly.”
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Tarsi Gabbard, who has chosen President Donald Trump to become Director of the National Intelligence Affairs Bureau, arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Affairs Committee for a confirmation hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell) (AP)
The witness spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing retaliation from authorities. She said two militias entered her home Thursday and searched her residence for weapons. One member said, “I put a gun on my head and asked for all my money. They took all my money, and they took all my money from my neighbor.”
She reported that Islamic forces had killed 86-year-old prominent clergyman Shaban Mansour and his son Hussein Shaban. Reuters reported The Mansour was killed along with his son in the village of Sarab in western Syria on Friday. Residents there accused the Fighters of alliance with Damascus for killing them.
The substantial Christian population living in the area is also reportedly under attack. Greco-Levantines Worldwide Media reported that a young family, including a toddler, was killed Friday. Father and sons Tony and Fadi Petrus were also executed by Muslims.
Witnesses said in other Alawi towns, namely Naar Al-Ba and Dei Shamir, Muslim militias “enter homes, kill people, steal everything. They cover their faces.”
“We feel we are not safe. We don't have a home town. There's no place to escape, there's no one to protect us. We feel fear and terrifying.”
Witnesses added that the Muslims are Hayat Taharil al-Sham (HTS) and other groups belonging to the HTS that attacked her area. She said that the terrorists on the HTS are Syrian Arabs because of their spoken Arabic language.
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Ahmed al-Sharaa and his group, Hayat Taharil al-Shaam, a US-designated terrorist organization, overthrew former Syrian president, Bashar Assad in December (by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)
Ahmed Al-Sharaa and his group, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, a Sunni terrorist organisation designated as the US, defeated former Syrian president Bashar Assad in December. Assad is a member of the Alawian minority, a derivative of Shia Islam. Alawis accounts for about 10% of Syrians.
Alawite source told Fox News Digital that the community is seeking support from the US, and Muslims said, “I want to kill all of us. They don't want us in Syria. We have to flee Syria. They are seeking revenge from the previous regime.
While remaining anonymous, one Alawyan with Alawyans who live in Europe and are constantly in contact with Syrian communities, claimed that more than 4,000 people were estimated to have been killed in the coastal areas and in the Alawyans. She claimed she received a list of Alawian people who recorded the mass murders.
The Syrian Army will send reinforcements to Latakia and Tartus, including tanks, armored vehicles and rocket launchers, as the search operations against the exiled regime forces expanded after the attack on Syrian security forces on March 7, 2025. (Izettin Kasim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
She and her group told Telegram that Alshara's “fighters unleashed a wave of fear towards civilians in Syrian coastal cities. Reports from sources in the Alawite community show hundreds of casualties. Christians are among the victims too. ”
In his first comment on the violence, interim president Alshara said that government forces will pursue the “dead” of Bashar Assad's government, where government forces were expelled.
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People gather in the air at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria on December 8th to celebrate the collapse of the Syrian regime. (Ali Haji Suleiman/Getty Images)
“We will continue to pursue the remains of the fallen administration… We will bring them to a fair court, and we will continue to restrict arms to the states.
Former Biden administration's UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a European politician and diplomat, have been trying to plead Sharaa for sanctions relief and diplomatic relations since December. Critics argue that Shala, a former Islamic state and al-Qaeda terrorist, cannot simply wear a suit and pretend to abandon the terrorist ideology and methods.
Just two days before the Alawian massacre, Guterres met Shala on Tuesday in Cairo. Discussed opinion About the new course in Syria.
Although the official statement has not yet come from the UN chief, his special Syrian envoy, Geir Pedersen, said he is “deeply concerned” with the report of the murder.
The Alawite Islamic Council, a group of Alawite clergy, condemned violence against the government and said fighters were sent to the coast to terrorize and kill Syrians under the pretext of “fighting the remnants of the regime). It called for the region to be placed under UN protection.
Syrian authorities said the violence began when remnants loyal to Assad launched a deadly and well-planned attack on the troops on Thursday.
The violence has shaken Shallah's efforts to unify control, especially as his administration struggled to lift our sanctions and struggled to tackle the wider security challenges in the southwest that Israel said would prevent Damascus from deploying its troops.
The violence swirled Thursday when authorities said a group of militia stationed in Assad targeted security patrols and checkpoints in the Jabble area and surrounding countryside before spreading.
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Mussa al-Omar, a Syrian media figure close to the country's new leadership, told Reuters that tens of thousands of fighter jets from Syria's newly formed security forces had been surgically deployed to the coast and had recovered primarily as of Friday night.
He said the crackdown is “a message to anyone in the south or east of Syria, and military resolutions can be made at any time, even if the state is seeking a peaceful solution.”
Alawian activists say their communities were subjected to violence and attack, especially as Assad overthrew them in December, decades after the Civil War.
Saudi Arabia has denounced security forces' targets for “crimes undertaken by outlaw groups” in Syria.
On May 18, 2023, he abdicated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who saw him arrive in Jeddah to attend the Arab Federation Summit the following day in Saudi Arabia. Assad currently lives in exile in Russia. Sana/Distribution Materials via Reuters
Turkey, a close ally of Syria's new government, also stated support for Damascus, saying “the tensions and targeting security forces in and around Latakia could undermine efforts to lead Syria into the future in unity and solidarity.”
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz blew up Syrian Muslim rulers on Friday for a campaign to defeat early fighter rebellion from President Assad's Alawian group.
“[Abu Mohammed] Al Jurani switched his robe for the suit and presented a medium face,” Katz said in X's statement in the name of Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Katz said, “Israel protects us from any threats from Syria. We will remain in our security zone, mount Harmon and protect the Golan and Galilean communities. Southern Syria will ensure demilitarization and the threat maintenance.
Alawi sources in Syria in Europe told Fox News Digital that thelawi people wanted Israel to protect them Israeli aid offer to Syrian Druze population, It is also targeted by the Islamic government in Damascus.
Reuters contributed to this report.
