The committee will investigate the causes of the violence and identify those responsible.
It was on Thursday that what is described as security cells and elements from the former ousted regime began to run amok in Syria's coastal areas, where the Shia Alawites mainly reside. Witnesses told of piles of dead bodies and terrified people fleeing. Over 1,300 people are said to have been killed in the area in recent days, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which has also reported on outright massacres of civilians.
On Sunday, Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa called for peace, and on Monday, the leadership of the country's new defense department announced that they had "neutralized" the forces behind the killings in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.
But now, there are fears that people in the heavily armed country will seek revenge. The investigation committee's spokesperson says that retaliation is not permitted and promises that those responsible will be held accountable and "justice will be upheld".
There has been tension in the country's coastal areas ever since Bashar al-Assad and his regime were ousted in December.
Even the UN urged Syria on Tuesday to put an end to the suffering in the western parts of the country.
