Syrian Human Rights Organization Testimonies on Lattakia Countryside Massacres
BEIRUT,(ST)_Syria 's Human Rights Defense Organization held a press conference in Beirut yesterday to present and disclose massacres that took place in Lattakia countryside by the armed terrorist groups in August , with a testimony confirming terrorists use of toxic substances and chemical weapons .
The conference, which was advised to be convened by the Human Rights Commission in Geneva, included testimonies on the crimes committed by the terrorist groups and their violation of human values .
Abdul Hadi Shehadeh spoke about the massacres committed by the terrorists in Lattakia countryside , which claimed the lives of hundreds of martyrs and wounded and missing of 115 persons , including 68 children , 60 of them under the age of ten , presenting the case before humanitarian organizations and the international community .
Testimonies were given by poet Talal Salim, whose wife and children were kidnapped by the terrorist , Nawar Darwish who lost his family, Jadallah Qaddour and lawyer Thabet Darwish.
The conference coordinator , writer and researcher Nabil Fayyad, Chairman of the" Justice " Party said that all strata of the Syrian civil society suffer from the Takfiri terrorist groups and the so-called al-Nusra Front , as these groups are committing massacres and crimes all over Syria, with the support of the countries responsible for shedding the Syrian blood .
Fayyad added : " By the beginning of last month ( August) , hundreds of citizens were killed, kidnapped or missed in Lattakia countryside where they were subjected to the worst kinds of ethnic cleansing by terrorist groups, criticizing certain Lebanese parties which rejoice al-Nusra Front .
On the other hand , one man , Abu Omar , testified during the conference about chemical weapons used by armed terrorist groups , noting "I saw gallons of toxic substances and chemicals on which written "Made in Saudi Arabia " and others made in Turkey," pointing out that the militants were preparing to attack an airport near Damascus six days ago and that has the name of a place where the chemical weapons are existed .
Abu Omar expressed his willingness to go to New York and Geneva and any place in the world to give his testimony, asserting that he has all the evidence and arguments to that the so - called Free Syrian Army and the terrorist al-Nusra Front possess these chemical weapons.
Abu Omar said he does not want to give the name of the place and identifies the area, so as they will not remove the effects of chemical substances , specifically one of the factions of the so called free Syrian army and that he has reservations on anonymity because this faction exists only in that region.
In a speech during the conference , Rev. Maroun Thomas indicated the criminal acts committed by armed terrorist groups and the Takfiris against the Syrian people, with all their various components and against the minorities in particular , as well as the men of religion in acts of murder , kidnapping and violations of human values , warning that the militants are waiting to intensify their criminality when an aggression takes place on Syria.
Rev. Thomas stressed that the armed terrorist groups do not have any values , coexistence or openness to the other party and that they kill all the civilians on charges of blasphemy , calling on everyone to realize what is happening in Syria from our brothers in Lebanon and the world.
Worthy mentioning that the Syrian Human Rights Defense Organization covered the events of the massacres that took place in Lattakia countryside and sent its testified reports to Human Rights Commission in Geneva, which advised holding a press conference in order to shed more light on these massacres .
Lists of names of the martyrs and the kidnapped in the massacres that took place in Lattakia countryside were distributed in conclusion of the conference.
T. Fateh