Syrian who escaped to Riyadh recounts appalling conditions under Bashar Assad's torture regime.
A Syrian who fled to
the Kingdom has told Arab News that Syria’s leader Bashar Assad had
initially ordered his forces to kill all demonstrators protesting
against his regime, but then commanded that they kill everyone in their
way, whether they were civilians or militants.
A’ayed Ahmed Younus
described the sad events he witnessed and the bad situation the country
was in, characterized by a lack of food and other basic necessities.“The Syrian regime has created an appalling humanitarian crisis. Tanks, mortars and heavy artillery continue targeting civilians in residential areas, including women and children, leaving hundreds of people dead on a daily basis,” said Younus, bursting into tears as he spoke.
“No electricity, no communication devices, no water. The regime’s forces have stormed hospitals and forced thousands of Syrians to flee from their homes and occupied mosques to make them military barracks. The United Nations has found that crimes against humanity have been committed in Syria, but they did nothing but throw out statistics.”
When Younus talks about the men who tortured him, his voice fills with rage.
“I will never forgive them, not only me, but all children living in fear,” he said. “If they are not brought to justice, it is me who will avenge my treatment at their hands. Now I know how bad torturing a man is, especially in front of his family.”
Dressed in a striped shirt and leather jacket, face covered with a thick black beard, Younus sits in a café on the outskirts of Riyadh after a long trip from Syria to Tripoli in Lebanon, then to Amman and finally Riyadh.
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