Syria has experienced significant violence in the coastal governorates of Latakia and Tartous, following the regime's upheaval. The government reports over 1,300 deaths as clashes erupted between security forces and pro-Assad fighters. This unrest coincided with fears of retaliatory attacks against the Alawite community, and reports revealed kidnappings, harassment, and killings. Government forces started operations to suppress resistance from those loyal to the former regime, but numbers remain unverified amid a backdrop of fear and instability among local residents.
According to a March 9 report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at least 1,311 people have been killed as of Saturday evening...
The unrest came only three months after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad in an offensive by opposition fighters.
The remnants are pro-Assad regime fighters who have announced their opposition to the new government.
On March 6, pro-Assad gunmen ambushed military personnel in and around Latakia in the northwest, killing at least 16 members of the security forces.
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