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Over 1,500 Alawite civilians were executed by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists and affiliated gunmen in a series of massacres starting on 7 March.

Germany is pledging an additional €300 million ($326 million) in aid for Syrians through the UN and select organizations, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on 17 March.

More than half of the funds provided will go towards aiding the people in Syria and will be distributed through NGOs and UN agencies, bypassing the country’s transitional government, Baerbock said at a press conference ahead of an EU-led donor conference in Brussels.

The funding will be used to provide food, health services, emergency shelters, and protective measures for the particularly vulnerable, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkiye will also receive the support, she went on to say.

Baerbock repeated the need for an inclusive political process to ensure a peaceful future for Syria.

“As Europeans, we stand together for the people of Syria, for a free and peaceful Syria,” she declared.

Germany’s stepped-up aid for the Syrian government, led by former Al-Qaeda in Iraq commander Ahmad al-Sharaa (who went by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani), comes in the wake of its genocidal violence targeting the country’s Alawite religious minority.

On 7 March, thousands of armed men affiliated with Sharaa’s security forces descended on villages and towns in the Syrian coastal regions, going door to door and massacring Alawites, including, at times, entire families. The armed forces looted homes of cash and gold before lighting them on fire.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), 1,557 Alawite civilians were killed and executed by members of Syria’s Ministries of Interior and Defense and auxiliary forces.

The Cradle Media report

•  Two Syrians (HTS terrorists) were killed, and one was injured near the Lebanese-Syrian border in the Al-Qasr-Hermel area. The injured individual was transferred to a hospital but later succumbed to his injuries. After extensive communication, the Lebanese Army handed over the three bodies to Syrian authorities early this morning.

•  Lebanese towns and villages were shelled from Syrian territory. Our military units responded by targeting the sources of fire and reinforcing their presence to maintain security.

•  Ongoing coordination between the Lebanese Army and Syrian authorities aims to ensure stability and security in the border region.

•  The army reiterated its commitment to implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in collaboration with UNIFIL, while strengthening internal security to protect against terrorism.

Lebanese Army

Though the Lebanese army may ignore blatant facts, the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists killed a Lebanese child and injured three people in the indiscriminate attack on the border area, yesterday.

PressTV

Al Akhbar

Iranian Foreign Ministry on Lebanon-Syria Border Tensions:

It is deeply regrettable that the situation in the region has escalated to such high levels of tension between neighboring countries. The sole beneficiary of these events is the Zionist entity, which seeks to divide Syria and weaken the countries of the region.

Al Akhbar

Informed sources say hundreds of university professors and academics have fled Syria amid the growing wave of abductions and killings targeting various individuals in the Arab nation under the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told al-Maalomah news agency that security situation within Syrian cities, particularly in the capital Damascus and other major cities, remains chaotic in the wake of escalating violations by HTS militants and their allies.

They added that the violations include arrests and direct assaults, as well as the dismissal of a large number of professors and lecturers from universities under the pretext of affiliation with the toppled government of Bashar al-Assad.

The sources highlighted that “more than 1,500 university professors and prominent academics left Syria following the downfall of the Assad government on December 8, with the pace of migration increasing further following the massacres perpetrated by HTS militants in the western coastal region.”

Dozens of doctors, engineers, and teachers lost their lives as a result of bloody clashes between HTS militants and armed opposition groups loyal to Assad.

The sources noted that “these massacres sent a horrific message to their colleagues in other cities, prompting many to leave the country and head to neighboring countries, especially Lebanon, in an attempt to secure their lives and professional future.”

The sources explained that the security situation has become increasingly uncertain, given the lack of security control and the growing influence of extremist groups seeking to alter the civilian character of Syrian society.

This is compounded by the increasing number of foreign fighters of various nationalities attempting to impose their extremist ideology on the local population.

PressTV report

Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists launch rocket and artillery attacks on Lebanese territory.
At least five Lebanese civilians were reported dead or injured.


The so-called Syrian Ministry of Defense, affiliated with the terrorist organization HTS, has claimed responsibility for shelling border towns in Lebanon with artillery, alleging it was targeting Hezbollah.

Border villages, including Al-Qasr, Al-Kawakh, Sahlat Al-Ma, and Hawsh Al-Sayyid Ali, were heavily shelled with around 50 107mm rockets and mortars, alongside 23mm machine gun fire. Three civilian homes and a gas station were damaged, triggering mass displacement, especially from Al-Qasr and Hawsh Al-Sayyid Ali. The Lebanese Army deployed reinforcements, according to Bint Jbeil website.

The same Ministry of Defense issued a threat against Lebanon, stating: “We will take all necessary measures after this dangerous escalation on the border,” where three fighters were killed after attempting to cross the borders from Syria into Lebanon. They were handed over to Syrian authorities through the Lebanese army.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the incidents along the borders.

At the same time, the IOF is shelling South Lebanon.

Notably, the so-called “new Syrian government,” affiliated with HTS, has not fired a single bullet at the zionist entity, which continues to occupy an area larger than Lebanon and larger than the West Bank and Gaza combined in Syria. (media)

Forces linked to this government have also been responsible for massacres against minorities in Syria, primarily Alawites. (documented here).

Following dozens of IOF airstrikes, the new self-appointed president of Syria, Al-Julani, stated: “We reject ‘israel’s’ claims that the current Syrian authority poses a threat to it; what it says is nonsense.”

RNN

Humanitarian and Operational Impact

The escalating violence poses a direct threat to civilians and humanitarian actors operating in the border regions. Reports of mortar shells hitting residential areas and indiscriminate fire crossing into Lebanese territory indicate a growing security risk. The fluid nature of the situation could lead to further displacement, restricted movement, and disruptions to humanitarian access.

ReliefWeb report

Their joint goal is to drag Hezbollah back into the war!

Lebanon deals with the Sunni & the Jewish psychophats simultaneously.