More than 1,000 civilians killed as Syria’s leader Ahmed Sharaa scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years
More than 1,000 killed in coastal violence, war monitor saysInterim leader Sharaa says he will hold perpetrators responsiblePro-Assad insurgents attack utilities and security forces, security source saysAssad was toppled by Islamist rebels in December, fled to Russia
A member of the Syrian security forces checks a car, after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers in Latakia, Syria March 9, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
Syria’s leader vowed on Sunday to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers and said he would hold to account anyone who overstepped their authority.
The clashes, which a war monitoring group said had already killed over 1,000 people, mostly civilians, continued for a fourth…
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