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SvennoJ on 09 December 2024
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Violence in eastern Syria protests demanding ouster of SDF

Local sources report that three civilians were killed and others wounded when the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) dispersed demonstrations in Deir Az Zor, eastern Syria.

Protesters were demanding the exit of the SDF from the city, the sources said, adding that snipers from the group were deployed on rooftops.

The SDF controls a semi-autonomous zone in Syria’s northeast, which includes large parts of Deir Az Zor province and stretches into parts of Aleppo in the northwest.


Amnesty announced for all army conscripts

The opposition fighters who overthrew al-Assad have announced a general amnesty for all military personnel conscripted into service under the former ruler.

“Their lives are safe and no one may assault them,” they said in a statement on Telegram.


Syrians pose with the opposition flag on a street in Damascus


New administration expected to select head of transitional government

Syria’s new administration is slated to select Mohammed al-Bashir as the transitional government’s prime minister, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting. Al-Bashir is expected to be tasked with forming a new government to manage the transitional phase.

  • Mohammed al-Bashir was born in Idlib province, in northwestern Syria, in 1983.
  • In January this year, he was named head of the so-called Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) in Idlib.
  • Before this appointment, al-Bashir was the SSG’s minister of development and humanitarian affairs from 2022 to 2023.
  • A former staff at the Syrian Gas Company, he holds degrees in engineering, as well as Sharia and law.




And now all the horrors come out into broad daylight

Daily executions were carried out in public squares: Syrian White Helmets

Raed Al Saleh, the head of the Syrian White Helmets, also told Al Jazeera that executions were being carried “on a daily basis” inside Sednaya and other prisons under al-Assad.

“There were dead bodies in ovens. It was ridiculous what we have witnessed and these behaviours are against humanity,” he said. “We spoke to more than 10 people who left the prison yesterday and one of them told us that he was about to be executed today. Tens of other people are the same, everyday from 50 to 100 people were executed at Sednaya, it was a disaster.”

He added that in some places in the country, daily executions were being carried out in the squares.

“The reality goes well beyond the words when trying to describe the torture used against prisoners during the al-Assad regime. Today and tomorrow, we need to do a lot to get rid of the remnants of the regime,” al-Saleh said.

The civil defence chief said they estimate between 20,000 to 50,000 prisoners were freed today, but it is believed that as many as 150,000 people were arrested, many of whom remain missing.


The Syrian White Helmets dig at the notorious Sednaya prison in Damascus amid a search for prisoners who may be held deeper underground, December 9

Literally burying the opposition.