Tensions between the two groups is an ongoing problem throughout Syria and other nations in the Middle East. Since the start of the war, the situation in Syria became much more complicated, as other countries and organized fighters have entered the picture.
The United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and other western countries are described as supporters of moderate rebel groups. Many newer rebel groups have emerged since the war began. The ongoing conflict also encouraged terrorist organizations, such as ISIS and al-Qaeda, to join in on the chaos.
These groups are primarily made up of Sunni militants. To further complicate the dynamics, the United States has also led an international bombing campaign against ISIS targets since In April of and , the United States launched military attacks against chemical weapons sites in Syria. After the attack, U. President Donald Trump told the press: "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons.
Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States. The combined American, British and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power—military, economic, and diplomatic. The conflict has spawned a humanitarian and refugee crisis of massive proportions. Experts estimate that Nearly 3 million of these people live in hard-to-reach areas. More than 5. Even among the president's loyalists, people are exhausted.
Hassan Raya has lost one of his four children. His son Bassel, a national basketball player, was killed by rebels last May. He was said to have been part of a pro-government militia.
Hassan now says he sees supports dialogue and reconciliation, though he sees those who killed his son as mad and irresponsible. But Hassan lives in Mezzeh 86 district in Damascus, a predominantly Alawite stronghold of Assad loyalists. For people here, a political solution means keeping their president in power.
The government has set up a ministry of reconciliation led by Ali Haidar, who has himself lost a son in the conflict. But hardly anyone now believes what the government says, or that a political settlement is possible. Zaidoun al-Zobi, an activists who was jailed for three weeks and freed after mediation by international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, doubts the government is serious about negotiations.
Um Osama, who is in her late 60s, has lost two sons. She and her husband are now in charge of raising the grandchildren. She doesn't believe in a political solution. Who will we talk to? But amid the violence, there is a great sense of hope. Among civilians, there is an unprecedented sense of solidarity.
People are sharing homes, clothes and food - notably with the hundreds of thousands displaced by the fighting. The sense of freedom is palpable, with opposition voices speaking out. Some also came out of the shops behind the protesters. They arrested the protesters after some got injured.
I saw the guys getting arrested and I saw them getting beaten in a barbaric manner. They beat us with their batons, their hands, their legs. There were so many of them. Witnesses confirmed that although they were in civilian clothing, they had a red ribbon around their arms.
The sister of a man who took part in the protest said that her brother told her the police beat him with a baton on his legs.
He told her he saw three people beat another protester and drag him into a bus that belonged to the security forces. Human Rights Watch also reviewed photographs and videos that were shared directly by activists with researchers as well as videos posted online by Suwayda 24 , an opposition-affiliated media outlet.
One video posted on Twitter by Suwayda 24 on June 15, showed people in police uniforms with shields beating at least one protester with batons in the square, consistent with the witness accounts.
Relatives and witnesses said that security forces arrested at least nine participants. They provided Human Rights Watch with the names.
One participant said he saw the arrested people put in police buses that were known to belong to the security forces. There were four of them. I tried to get hold of his hand and pull him from under them but failed — they started beating me too. I lost sense of time. He said the other protesters broke away and fled the square. On June 16, activists called for another protest, but it was cancelled after police forces and shabiha were heavily deployed in the protest area, nearby residents said.
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