Syria's new government vows to investigate mass killings

I've lost seven friends since yesterday. My aunt was killed today near the city of Jableh; she was 78. Please protect us from this holocaust. We are pleading for help,

wrote a desperate Syrian citizen to Haaretz on Saturday

She said, ‘I am from Idlib. All my family is from Idlib. Please don’t do anything to these people. They are peaceful family,

Wala recounted in a phone interview

I was so scared for my baby, for my wife,

Mr. Moustafa, 30, said in a telephone interview

I’m shocked, I’m just shocked,

said Mr. Moustafa, a pharmacist

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I was terrified, terrified,

said Wala, who asked to be identified only by her first name for fear of retribution

We have to get out of here as soon as possible,

he added

Maybe they will just come here and say we are against them and kill us,

he said

After they shot my sister, I heard them loading up the fridge and washing machine from her home and driving away,

Abu Ali said

Adnantraditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs

As I’m talking to you now, the corpse of my niece’s husband is in her home. They executed him in front of the family and no one can come to even console her,

said Adnan, whose family members reside in the Qusoor neighborhood and who said that all Alawite residents in the building were killed by government-affiliated gunmen

Remnants of the former regime sought to test the new Syria,

Al-Sharaa said in a televised address Friday, calling on the gunmen to lay down their arms

Those who bet on chaos do not yet realize that the era of tyranny has ended,

said a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Defense on Saturday

Israel will defend itself against any threat from Syria,

he said

The only reason I escaped was I managed to convince them I was Sunni and not an Alawite,

he said