Shafaq News/ OnFriday, the Military Council in Syria’s southern Suwayda province declared itsfull support for Druze spiritual leader Sheikh al-Aql Hikmat al-Hijri’s appealfor urgent international protection.
In a statement postedon Facebook, the council emphasized al-Hijri’s role in “safeguarding the peopleof Jabal al-Arab.”
The council accusedHayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as al-Nusra Front, of committing warcrimes in Druze-populated areas including Sahnaya and Jaramana near Damascus,citing random killings of unarmed civilians, arbitrary arrests, and the humiliationof Druze religious figures and symbols.
It further accusedHTS of undermining social cohesion through extremist ideology and the use offorce, with the Druze identity as a particular target.
Calling for immediateaction, the council urged the UN Security Council to establish a safe zone inSuwayda and its surroundings under neutral international supervision, andcalled on the UN Human Rights Council to deploy investigation teams and pursueinternational accountability for those responsible.
The council warnedforeign backers of HTS against funding what it called “terrorist groupscarrying out sectarian cleansing in violation of international law,” andcondemned what it described as international silence over the violence in theaffected areas.
Earlier, al-Hijri,called for “rapid and direct international assistance” in a separate statement,saying that “a government does not kill its people.”
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