The first thing the government has said is that there is no excuse for abuses, for human rights atrocities, for vigilante justice. They have said this.
The other thing the government has commented on is the coastal massacre in March. What they have said is that, at this time.... This was very early in the transition and before command and control procedures were in place. Of course, that doesn't excuse Sweida. I think, by all accounts, Sweida was deeply unacceptable in terms of the conduct of the government and, of course, the casualties.
On Sweida, what I think is different from the coastal massacres is that the government has taken a more robust stance in terms of investigating and trying to hold some of those people to account. I think it was only yesterday or maybe the day before that the government's own findings on the Sweida massacres were released. I can't remember the exact numbers, so you'll have to excuse me, but I think they identified close to 1,000 people who had been killed, the majority being Druze. I think there were 150 Bedouins and also government forces. What they've committed to is naming, taking action and holding those people to account. Again, I think more needs to be done, but I think there are improvements in process from what we saw in March versus July.
In the recent conflict, what we saw in the northeast, diplomats like me, I think, took a lot of time going in, speaking to the government and talking about how the way they proceeded would be determinative in terms of the relationship that could be formed or enhanced between the international community and the Syrian transition government. I don't, by any stretch, think that the conduct and every step in the northeast was perfect, but it was certainly a measured improvement from what we saw in July.
I think also just to close—