Syria in mourning after mass killings in Alawite region

Issued on: 10/03/2025 - 16:49Modified: 10/03/2025 - 17:15

Just three months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's régime in Syria, the new government, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, have drawn international condemnation for a four day spiral of violence in the regions of Latakia and Tartus. When a group of gunmen loyal to Assad ambushed Syrian security forces, they hit back with a series of attacks that killed nearly 1500 people, including 973 civilians according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.

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