Fierce clashes break out with Alawite militias loyal to deposed Assad regime
PUBLISHED : 8 Mar 2025 at 18: 45
The new government has been sending reinforcements to Syria’s coastal regions after clashes with Alawite forces loyal to the former Assad regime. (Photo: AFP)
BEIRUT – More than 300 civilians from the Alawite minority have been killed in recent days by Syrian security forces and their allies, as authorities clash with militants loyal to the former government of Bashar al-Assad.
Restoring security has been one of the most complex tasks for Syria’s new authorities, installed after Islamist-led forces ousted Assad — himself an Alawite — in a lightning offensive in December.
They are now facing their fiercest attacks yet by members of the Assad clan’s Alawite minority and have launched a major counter-operation in the ethnic group’s Mediterranean heartland.
Deadly clashes on Thursday triggered the security operation, after previous tensions in the area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday that “340 Alawite civilians were killed in the coastal regions of Syria and the Latakia moun
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