Worst violence in Syria since Assad fall as dozens killed in clashes
Forces linked to the new Syrian rulers fought fiercely with combatants loyal to the country’s coastal areas of the country’s deportation of President Bashar al-Assad.
It was the worst violence in Syria since the rebels overthrew Assad in December and installed an Islamic transitional government.
The war monitoring organization is the British Human Rights Syrian Observatory, which says more than 70 people were killed.
A warred port city broke out in the port of Latakia and Tartous, and a curfew was planned.
The conflict between Holmes and Aleppo cities has also been reported.
The BBC has verified the location of two videos posted online, which showed the gunman being shot in a building Thursday night in Homs.
The conflict began with an ambush by government forces in a security operation in Latakia. Reinforcements have been sent.
The coastal area is the heart of the Alawi minority and the stronghold of the Assad family, and belongs to the Alawi sect.
Estimates of the number of people who died in violence vary, and the BBC cannot verify them independently.
The Syrian Human Rights Observatory said on Friday that 71 people were killed, including 35 members of the government, 32 gunmen belonging to the former regime’s army and four civilians.
Human rights groups say there are dozens of people left to clash.
The group said some gunmen from the former regime ambushed military forces, checkpoints and headquarters along the coastline.
Local gunmen seized the military zone, they were in trouble in the area of the Latakia mountainous area to launch an attack, while others were in trouble in the city of Japur.
Members of the former regime army have been deployed in several coastal towns and villages, while troops have ambushed on the highway.
Later Thursday, Syria-based Step News agency reported that government unanimous forces killed the former regime fighter jets of the 70s, while more than 25 people were arrested in and around Japur.
Syrian Ministry of Defense spokesman Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani issued a warning warning Assad loyalists to fight in Latakia Through the national media.
“Thousands of people choose to surrender weapons and return to their families, while some insist on escaping and dying to defend the murderers and criminals. The choice is clear: put down your weapons or face the inevitable fate,” he said.
The region has become a major security challenge for interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa.
Alavi militants say that their communities have suffered violence and attacks since Assad fell, especially in rural Rural Homs and Latakia.
He also faces resistance from the south, and has clashed with Druze troops in recent days.
Earlier this week Syria’s foreign minister tells global chemical weapons monitoring agency The new government is committed to destroying any remaining inventory, which produces Ah Ren.
Assad’s administration denied the use of chemical weapons during the 14-year period of the Civil War, but activists accused it of dozens of chemical attacks.
