Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Syrian people face a critical situation ranging from the difficult economic situation to assassinations and executions.
The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Rami Abdulrahman, presented new figures on Saturday regarding the deaths of civilians in Syria during the rule of Abu Muhammad al-Golani, leader of the armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which took de facto power in Syria in December 2024.
Abdulrahman has reported that, since the beginning of 2025, i.e., in 11 months, more than 11,000 people have been killed in Syria, of whom 8,654 were civilians.
He added that these figures reveal the terrifying reality that “a weakly settled government is committing mass crimes against its own people.”
The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has warned that these figures raise a troubling question about the future: “What would happen if this government were to attain full power?”
Abdulrahman stressed that Al-Golani and his mercenaries are not held accountable for these massacres, emphasizing that Syria needs a real democracy today that protects the rights of all citizens.
In the southern Syrian province of Sweida, dozens of residents held protests on Saturday demanding the withdrawal of forces linked to the Al-Golani government from the region’s villages so that residents could return to their homes.
The protesters, chanting slogans against Al-Golani, stated that they seek secession from Syria and recognition of their right to self-determination. They also demanded fair international investigations, transparency regarding the Sweida massacres, and clarification of the fate of those abducted.
The fall of Al-Assad has not only failed to bring an immediate solution to the protracted conflict, but has also unleashed a new wave of instability, with clashes between opposition factions and a deep crisis of governance.
Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that nearly 100 people have been abducted or disappeared in Syria since the beginning of the year, with new reports of enforced disappearances.
He warned that the turbulent security situation in Syria, particularly after the outbreak of violence in the Syrian coastal region and in the city of Sweida, has made it difficult to search for and locate missing persons, given some people’s fear of addressing the issue.
There might be a civil conflict going on since Jolani was recently attempting to deport a French group of terrorists formerly allied with, and other foreign terrorists now feel betrayed.
Of course Syria isnt meant to be stable. Turkey might want to, mayhap the Gulf States, but more importantly Israhell doesnt really want a stable sunni-dominated syria.