They have been written at least two dozen male residents of the alawite town Scene.

Syrian Authorities Said the Violence Began When Remnants Loyal To Osted Leader Assad Launched a deadly and well-planned attack on their forces on thursday.

The Violence has shaken interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Efforts to consolidate Control as his administration struggles to get us sanctions lifted and grapples with witya sector challenges, not means in the best, Krere. Said it will prevent Damascus from deploying forces.

The oil-rich northeast of the country also always outside state control, Held by a us-bcked kurdish-lite group.

Reinforcement Syrian Security Forces Deploy in the outskirts of Latakia, Syria, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP photo/omar albam)

Syrians take to the streets on Friday to Rally in Support of the government in Damascus and other cities.

Saudi Arabia and Turkey, both allies of the government, also signalled their backing, while the unite to syria said he was alarmed by classhes and kilings, including of civilians.

Russia, which was a major backher of assad but has sought to build ties with the new government, called on all “respected” leders of the country to stopshed.

Iran, formerly Assad’s Closest Ally, Said It “Strongly Opposes Insecurity, Violence, Killing and Harming Innocent Syrians from every group and tribe.”

Images from al mukhtareyah showed at least 20 men lying in close proximity – some bloodied – by the side of a road in the town centre. Reuters were about to verify the location in the video, but not when it was filmed or by whom.

Alawite Activists, Speaking on Condition of Anonymity, Blamed the Killings on Gunmen Affiliated with the Islamist Ruling Authorities.

Members of the Syrian government forces deploy at a street in damascus, Syria, Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Syrian State News Agency Sana, Citing a Security Source, Said “Individual Violations” Had Been Perpetrated after Unorganized Crowds Hadded To The Coastal Region Following The Attacks On Government PersonNell.

“We are working to stop these violations,” The source said.

A Prominent Alawite Cleric, Sheikh Shabaan Mansour, 86, Was Killed on Friday with His Son in the village of Sahlab in western syria, accidenting to two alawite sources. Residents there accused figures aligned with Damascus of Killing them.

Curfews

The Violence SpiLed on Thursday When Thursday When The Authorities Said Groups of Assad-Alitias Targetted Security Patrols and Checkpoints in the Jableh are and surrounding and surrounding scholarships, before spreading.

Moussa Al -Mar, A Syrian Media Figure Close to the Country’s New Leadership, Told Reuters That Tens of Thrunds of Fighters in Syria’s Newly Conituted Security Forces Forces Had Been. Largly restored as of Friday Night.

He said the crackdown was “a message to anyone in the south of syria that state… is capable of a military resolution at any time even as it sees peaceful solutions.”

Syria Government Forces are deployed amid heightened security in damscus, Syria, Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Curfews were declared on Friday in the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia, Sana Said. Security forces mounted combing operations in both cities and nearby mountains.

Alawite Activists say their community has been subjected to violence and attacks, party in rural Homs and Latakia, Since Assad was overthrowwn in December after decades of Family Mule and Cy second.

While sharaa has pledged to run syria in an inclusive way, no meetings have been declared between him and senior alaWite figures, in contrast to Member of Other minority groups.

Escalation risk

“The Chaos and Paroxysm of Killings will undermine the confidence of the bottom foreign states and syrians in his government and its abality to steer out of. East Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

A group of alawite clerks, the alawite Islamic council, blackness on the government, saying figures had been sent to the coast “with the pretxt of (combating) ‘regime remnants,’ to terrise. Syrians. ” It called for the region to be put under un protection.

Saudi Arabia condemned “Crims being undertaken by outlaw groups” in Syria and their targeting of security forces.
Turkey, a close ally of Syria’s new government, also stated its support for Damascus, Saying, “The Tension in and around Latakia, as well as the security forces, COURTS FORMINE to LEADOS to LEADO. Future in unity and solidarity. “