Thread: A concerning trend of revenge operations in #Syria 🧵
This thread provides context on what's unfolding on the ground, NO justification.
1/ For days now, there have been alarming reports of individual revenge actions targeting those directly involved in #Assad’s system.
This thread provides context on what's unfolding on the ground, NO justification.
1/ For days now, there have been alarming reports of individual revenge actions targeting those directly involved in #Assad’s system.
2/ According to multiple sources, these incidents are not aimed at ordinary soldiers in the Assad army but at key criminals and informants responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
3/ While these acts are directed at perpetrators, they remain troubling because they occur outside the framework of any justice system, undermining the rule of law.
4/ A grim example is the announced execution of Jalal al-Daqqaq in Hama. He was implicated in the killing of over 200 Syrian detainees, feeding their throats to a lion he used to have, showing Assad's machinery of repression and cruelty.
5/ On the Syrian coast, revenge operations have targeted individuals who devastated communities, killed civilians, or informed Assad’s security forces about opponents, even relatives of dissidents, leading to arrests and disappearances.
6/ These revenge actions underline the chaos of a transitional phase. Moving from governing a small area like Idlib to managing an entire country like Syria creates gaps in leadership and opens the door to mismanagement and violations.
7/ Without a central leadership, local communities have taken "justice" into their own hands. But this decentralization has fueled dangerous acts of retribution.
8/ Trusted sources from minority sects, Alawites on the coast, Ismailis from Salamiyah, and Druze from Sweida, confirm that these revenge operations are not ethnically motivated.
9/ Instead, these are individual actions by local fighters and civilians seeking to balance the scales of justice based on their personal suffering and considerations. While understandable, this spiral of violence must end now.
10/ True justice must urgently come through legal systems, not personal vengeance. Syria's future depends on building a unified, lawful, and fair society. This chaos cannot define the transitional period, but it's a risky indicator.
11/ Accountability, healing, and reconciliation must replace revenge. Syria deserves better than continued cycles of violence.
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