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| 3 former Assad officials killed in clashes with state forces in Alawite area of Syria — report |
| 2025-12-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Syrian state media says three people were killed today in clashes with security forces in the coastal Latakia province, the heartland of the country’s Alawite minority community. “Three members of remnants of the former regime were killed after clashes with internal security forces” outside the city of Jableh, state television says. State news agency SANA had earlier reported “clashes with a group of wanted outlaws” in the area, and said an unspecified number of security personnel were wounded. Since last December’s ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, himself an Alawite, Syria’s new authorities have frequently reported security operations against what they describe as remnants of his government. Syria’s coastal areas saw the massacre of Alawite civilians in March, with authorities accusing armed Assad supporters of sparking the violence by attacking security forces. A national commission of inquiry said at least 1,426 members of the minority community were killed at the time, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor put the toll at more than 1,700. Last month, thousands of people demonstrated on the Alawite coast in protest of fresh attacks targeting their community. Related: Latakia: 2025-12-06 Assad’s exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia Latakia: 2025-12-04 Syria says killed man caught with landmines intended for Hezbollah Latakia: 2025-11-27 Coastal areas of Syria are engulfed in anti-government protests Related: Alawite 12/23/2025 Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife Alawite 12/17/2025 Americans suffered losses in Palmyra, but they don't want to fight terrorists Alawite 12/09/2025 Sharaa vows ‘peaceful coexistence’ as Syria marks anniversary of Assad’s fall Related: Jableh: 2025-12-09 Sharaa vows ‘peaceful coexistence’ as Syria marks anniversary of Assad’s fall Jableh: 2025-10-17 Russia will maintain its military presence in Syria Jableh: 2025-07-12 Syrian media outlets have reported a series of explosions at a weapons warehouse belonging to the 107th Brigade, located in the Jableh countryside of northwest Syria |
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