Syrian Minorities in Crosshairs of Assad Regime Collapse

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Fierce Fights between rebels and Kurds Leave Deathly Trails in Syria

By Raisina Correspondent

New Delhi, December 9: At least 26 people have been killed in fierce fights between Türkiye-backed rebels and Kurds in Syria after the collapse of Bassar al-Assad regime on Sunday.

The Türkiye-backed rebels have taken control of Syria. Russia has granted asylum to Assad. Israel carried out forward military excursions in Syria to cement defence apparatus.

“Pro-Turkish factions have seized large districts of Manbij city in the eastern Aleppo,” Syria’s Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said, while reporting violent clashes with the Manbij Military Council, which is affiliated with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Kurds hold the territory of Syria’s northeast.

Kurds are among the minority communities in Syria. The rebels have claimed that they will not harm the members of the minority communities in Syria. A large number of Christians also constitute the minority population of Syria.

The SDF has the backing of the US. It also confirmed the reports of the observatory that there have been significant casualties in the violent clashes. The CNN in a report quoted Firas Maksad, who is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, saying that while the collapse of the Assad regime is a momentous occasion, it is also a “moment of potential peri” for minority communities in Syria such as Alawites, Ismailis, Druze and Christians”.

Maksad expressed concerns about the Jihadi elements among the rebels while speaking to the American broadcaster. “There are more Islamist jihadi elements of this rebel force, particularly Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS),” said Maksad. The HTS spearheaded the rampaging attacks on key cities in Syria, triggering a sudden collapse of the Assad regime.

The US State Department in a statement last week said that HTS remains a designated terrorist organisation. Syria has a strong presence of Christian population with claims stated that they had been in the country for over 2000 years.

“The city of Tartous has been liberated. We are here with our people from all sects. Christians, Alawites, Sunnis, Druze and Ismailis, the Syrian people are one,” said a rebel in a video making rounds of the internet, while urging upon the people to “work with us to build our country, we will present a model to be proud of”.

Türkiye is a Nato member nation. The US and allies are hopeful that they could lean on Türkiye to protect the minority communities in Syria.

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