NEWS CENTER – The Yazidis Union of Syria condemned the violence and repression carried out by the Syrian Transitional Government against demonstrators in coastal and inland regions and warned that the massacres previously committed against minority communities could be repeated.
The Yazidis Union of Syria released a written statement about the violence and repression carried out by the Syrian Transitional Government against demonstrators in coastal and inland regions. According to the Hawar News Agency (ANHA), the Union criticized the excessive use of force against peaceful protests, saying, “We stand in full solidarity with those who took to the streets after the atrocities committed by the General Security Forces and their affiliated factions reached an unbearable level during the interim rule.”
Highlighting the government’s responsibilities, the statement emphasized that its role should be to create conditions for a governance system accepted by all communities, not to impose a single ideology or rule through intimidation and repression. The Union stressed that multiple communities, including Alawites, Druze, Christians, Yazidis, Kurds, Armenians, and Syriacs, have already suffered from massacres and systemic attacks. Sunni civilians and political groups advocating for democratic civil values have also been targeted.
The Union stated: “The outright refusal to engage flexibly with different opinions will not succeed in suppressing the legitimate demands of the various Syrian communities for a viable political life and a secure existence, and the consideration of demands for autonomous-administration, federalism, and decentralized governance as treasonous acts orchestrated by external forces will drag us back into the cycle of oppressive regimes and the experiences. This is precisely what we have always sought to avoid, given its disastrous consequences for all Syrians and for Syria in the first-class.”
The Union called for dialogue over division and reiterated their stance against repression. Reiterating their stance against repression the Union stressed: “All experiences have confirmed the triumph of the people's will. Therefore, the deployment of tanks and armored vehicles by the Interim Government in the streets to intimidate the Syrian people does not frighten us; rather, it makes the Interim Government and its army in a ridiculous and pathetic position. An army that does not intimidate external enemies will not intimidate its own people. If the state truly possessed the power, why does it condone the foreign occupation of precious parts of our homeland, Syria?"
The Yazidis Union affirmed its solidarity with all those striving for freedom, democracy, and decentralized federalism, and demanded mercy for the martyrs, swift recovery for the wounded, and the immediate release of all detainees.