Elon Musk Questions Syria Death Toll Amid Recent Surge in Violence
Several visuals of the eruption of violence against the minority Alewite and Christians in Syria are circulating on social media, allegedly perpetuated by the current ruling regime under Ahmed al-Sharaa. Notably, the Western-backed HTS (a former faction of Al-Qaeda) took over Syria after the fall of the Baatist regime under Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024.
While reacting to the X post of one of the users who raised concern over the killing of Christians in Syria, the SpaceX CEO asked, “How many people are being killed?”.
How many people are being killed? https://t.co/vdpCUL6aTE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2025
Syria: The situation is worse than most know.
“They are carrying out a massacre against the minorities . . . Villages, cities wiped out . . . The situation is 100 times worse than what you’re seeing on the media . . . Please stop this genocide.” pic.twitter.com/e1Ywjeupac
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People, including critics of the current regime, are sharing visuals coming out of Syria showing the killing of minority people by the current regime. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian academician, also shared visuals of sectarian murders in Syria and criticized the Arab mainstream media for not giving it enough coverage.
“Erdogan and Qatar are fully responsible for the massacre of Syrian minorities. While Al Jazeera — particularly its Arabic channel — pretends the fault lies elsewhere, the reality is that they have supported Al-Qaeda/ISIS since 2011, when Obama launched Operation Timber Sycamore”, wrote Seyed Mohammad Marandi on X.
In another visual shared by the Christian Emergency alliance, a young man can be seen calling out the slaughter of Christians and other minorities in Syria.
— Christian Emergency Alliance (@ChristianEmerg1) March 8, 2025
Another woman shared the ordeal of minority Alawite shia in Syria under the current regime.
My friend’s family in Syria lives on the coast, and they are in hiding because of the mass summary executions being carried out by HTS forces against Alawite civilians.
How can anyone justify this? How can anyone frame this as accountability against “Assad remnants”? How can…
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) March 8, 2025
Stanly Johny the editor at ‘The Hindu’ newspaper and author of the book ‘The Comrades & The Mullahs’ and ‘The ISIS Caliphate; & Original Sin’ also shared a post on X and questioned the European leaders for easing sanctions on Syria amid the killing of 600 Alawites in the last couples of days in Latakia.
This is what Macron said when al-Qaeda captured power in Syria. Within days, the US removed its bounty on Golani’s head. Europe had even sent a delegation to Damascus and eased sanctions.
They massacred more than 600 Alawites in the last couple of days in Latakia and the kill… https://t.co/zhTeOL1Qm6
— Stanly Johny (@johnstanly) March 9, 2025
