Syria's Islamist rebels, who captured northern city of Idlib last Saturday, said number of procedures were taken to secure civilians, including the Christian community in the captured city.
Fatah Army, an alliance of Islamist groups, has formed a security committee consists of all rebel factions who participated in liberating the city as Nusra Front, Jund al-Aqsa, Jaish al-Sunnah, al-Sham Legion and Suqur al-Sham.
Rebel Commanders of Ahrar al-Sham movement told Zaman al-Wasl that Fatah Army had stressed on the importance of securing and protecting all civilians, including Christian neighborhoods in the city.
The statement came day after two Christians were killed for selling alcohol. A rebel commander denied to Zaman al-Wasl the reported news, saying one Christian man was executed over charges of cooperating with Syria regime forces.
Zaman al-Wasl reporter said number of Christian families have refused to flee the city despite the deteriorating situation due to daily aerial bombardment by Syrian regime air force. At least 55 people were killed since Saturday, activists and monitoring groups said.
Activists also said that Syrian regime's militants have looted most of the monuments of Idlib Museum days before the city's fall out.
In relevant development, al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front's leader Abu Mohamad al-Golani, on Wednesday indicated that Idlib would be ruled according to Islamic sharia law but the group would not seek to monopolize power there, according to Reuters.
Al-Golani, also said residents of the northwestern city of Idlib would be treated well by his fighters and other Islamist factions that captured it on Saturday.
"We salute the people of Idlib and their stand with their sons, the Mujahideen, ... and God willing they will enjoy the justice of sharia, which will preserve their religion and their blood," Golani said in an audio recording posted on Nusra Front-affiliated online media.
The capture of Idlib marked only the second time since the start of the Syrian conflict that the government had lost control of a provincial capital. The first was Raqqa, which the Islamic State group has turned into its de facto capital.
Golani said the Idlib takeover showed that seeking the support of the West and regional powers was an "illusion".
Golani urged unity among the groups that won Idlib and said they should set up an Islamic court to settle disputes. He also said public property should be protected.
Zaman Al Wasl
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