Saleh Pays Tribute to the Victims of Deir Ezzor Massacre on its Second Anniversary

On the second anniversary of Deir Ezzor massacre, Khalid Saleh, head of the Media Office, said that the massacre that took place in the city represents a landmark in the course of the revolution in Deir Ezzor, one of the cities that has lead the way in the struggle against the Assad regime. On this day two years ago, Assad’s warplanes bombed the civil registry office in the city, killing 40 members of the FSA, the Shariah Committee, media activists and journalists who were holding a meeting in the office building to in addition to look after the daily needs of civilians and to unify the rebel battalions under one banner. On that also regime forces stormed the district of Al Joura and summarily executed more than 350 civilians, including women and children. “These horrific massacres committed by Assad criminal thugs will not succeed in subduing the popular uprising in the city; quite the contrary, they have bolstered the insistence of the revolutionaries to topple the Assad regime and build a state of freedom, justice and law,” Saleh said. He concluded his remarks pointing out that “this massacre is not only in Syria, as the Assad regime has committed hundreds of similar and even more atrocious massacres buoyed by the inaction of the international community that has so far failed to hold Assad to account for wholesale butchering of the Syrian people.” (Source: Syrian Coalition)