Documented footage shows elements of the “General Security” apparatus affiliated with the de facto terrorist authority firing live ammunition directly at peaceful demonstrators in areas along the Syrian coast.

This attack resulted in:
• The killing of peaceful demonstrators from the Alawite community.
• The use of lethal force without any legal justification.
• A clear violation of the right to peaceful assembly and the right to life.

These acts occur within a broader pattern of systematic repression targeting civilians, amid the absence of any protection or accountability, amounting to grave human rights violations.

Field videos document the waiting of the “de facto terrorist authority and their thugs” to confront peaceful Alawite protesters at Al-Zira’a Roundabout, revealing the following events:

• A supporter of the authority, identifying himself as “a Sunni,” arrived at the protest site with the aim of threatening the peaceful Alawite demonstrators.
• Other supporters of the terrorist authority also arrived at the same location, with video footage capturing threats directed at Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal, including him being taunted about his mustache.
• Individuals armed and dressed in civilian clothing were present, alongside other pro-authority civilians carrying sticks and bladed weapons.
• Sectarian insults were directed at the Alawite protesters and Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal to provoke them.
• One protester confirmed that supporters of the de facto authority were armed with sticks and bladed weapons.
• Later, the same individuals appeared in the same location armed with automatic rifles, reflecting a serious escalation in threats and the use of violence.
• A video also shows a member of the Ministry of Defense threatening the peaceful Alawite protesters, vowing to run them over and saying: “The Umayyad army will crush all your ‘pigs,’ Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal.”

❗ These scenes document the systematic threats and armed mobilization against peaceful protesters by supporters of the terrorist authority, constituting a clear violation of the right to peaceful assembly and the right to life and physical safety.