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“Security chaos” has resurfaced in some Syrian cities, with numerous videos circulating depicting cases of arrests, kidnappings, and even killings.

Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), told Al-Hurra that Syrians today live under conditions reminiscent of the days of Bashar al-Assad, where crimes are recurring in a different form under the pretext of “individual mistakes and actions,” as described by the new Syrian administration.

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In a statement released the day before yesterday by Monte Carlo, SOHR reported that armed men linked to the new Syrian administration conducted 35 summary executions over the past 72 hours, most of which targeted members of the regime of former president Bashar al-Assad.

Syria’s Homs province is witnessing human rights violations committed by jihadist elements who now represent the ruling authority in the area.

The abduction of Syrian academic and critic Rasha Nasser Al-Ali, a professor of Arabic literature at Homs University and a member of the Arab Writers Union, last Monday has shed light on the violations faced by many citizens in the cities and rural areas of Homs. These acts, carried out by extremist elements, include killings, torture, detentions, and sectarian-motivated atrocities, threatening to ignite a civil war, according to local news agencies.

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The case of Professor Rasha Al-Ali’s abduction has drawn significant attention in cultural and literary circles, as well as on social media.

Reports suggest that Rasha Al-Ali was kidnapped by extremist elements while she was en route from her home to her workplace at Homs University.

Many activists have accused extremist members of Hayat Tahrir al-Cham (HTS), citing her appearance in a video on social media days before her abduction, where she expressed her opposition to any customs or traditions that the new Syrian administration might try to impose on her.

The fate of Rasha Al-Ali remains unclear, with conflicting reports regarding her execution and the discovery of her body.

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Rasha Al-Ali was a jury member for the Al-Tayyib Salih Global Prize in 2014 and also served as a juror for the Arab Poetry Festival in Cairo in 2020.

Activists on social media report that citizens in the countryside and cities of Homs are subjected to arrests, torture, and executions by HTS members. They also highlight near-daily raids on citizens’ homes, accompanied by the burning of religious shrines.

Last Sunday, January 26, Syrian journalist and human rights activist Lama Abbas stated that she had received death and decapitation threats.

Abbas noted that there are calls for her public execution, with some inciting youth and factions to capture and kill her in Idlib.

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