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A military convoy heads towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria’s ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS\/MAHMOUD HASSANO)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tIn his first statement on the violence, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said government forces would hunt down the “remnants” of the ousted government of Bashar al-Assad and bring them to justice<\/strong><\/p>

Syrian security forces and gunmen linked to them have killed more than 530 civilians in the past two days, most of them from the Alawite minority, according to Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>

\r\nHe told Reuters on Saturday.<\/p>

\r\nOther Syrian sources put the death toll at between 180 and 200.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nOn Thursday, Syrian state media quoted an Interior Ministry source as saying there had been “isolated violations” during a government operation to combat terrorists linked to the Assad regime, and that they were working to resolve those incidents.<\/p>

\r\nReuters could not independently confirm the report.<\/p>

\r\nOn Friday, for a second day in a row, Syrian security forces fought to crush an initial uprising by fighters from Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect.<\/p>

\r\nDozens of people were killed as the Islamist-led government faced its biggest challenge to its authority yet.<\/p>

\r\nAmong the casualties, at least 24 men from the Alawite town of Al Mukhtareyah were killed by gunmen on Friday, according to the Observatory and two Alawite activists, who cited contacts in the area and video footage from the scene.<\/p>

\r\nIn his first statement on the violence, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said government forces would hunt down the “remnants” of Bashar al-Assad’s ousted regime and bring them to a fair trial.<\/p>

\r\nHe also promised that those who attacked civilians would be held accountable.<\/p>

\r\n“We will continue to pursue the remnants of the fallen regime…<\/p>

\r\nWe will bring them to a fair trial, we will limit the weapons to state control, and there will be no weapons left in Syria,” Sharaa said in a recorded speech.<\/p>

\r\nSyrian officials said the violence began on Thursday when groups loyal to Assad launched a deadly and well-planned attack on government forces.<\/p>

\r\nThe wave of violence is hampering Sharaa’s efforts to consolidate his control as his government tries to lift U.S. sanctions and faces broader security challenges, especially in the southwest, where Israel has said it will prevent Damascus from sending forces.<\/p>

\r\nThe country’s oil-rich northeast is also outside government control, dominated by a Kurdish-led group backed by the U.S. Syrians took to the streets in Damascus and other cities on Friday to support the government.<\/p>

\r\nIran, once Assad’s closest ally, said it “strongly opposes insecurity, violence, killings and attacks on innocent Syrians from all groups and tribes.” Footage from Al Mukhtareyah showed at least 20 men lying close to each other, some bloodied, on the side of a road in the city center.<\/p>

\r\nReuters confirmed the location of the video but could not verify when or by whom it was recorded.<\/p>

\r\nAlawite activists, who declined to be identified, blamed the killings on gunmen linked to the ruling Islamist authorities.<\/p>

\r\nSyria’s state news agency SANA quoted a security source as saying “isolated violations” had occurred after disorganized crowds moved to the coastal area following attacks on government security personnel.<\/p>

\r\n“We are working to stop these violations,” the source said.<\/p>

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\r\nThe violence began on Thursday when authorities said Assad-aligned militias attacked patrols and checkpoints in the Jableh area and the surrounding countryside before spreading.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nMoussa al-Omar, a Syrian media figure close to the new leadership, told Reuters that tens of thousands of fighters from Syria’s new security forces had been deployed to the coast in the operation, and that order had been largely restored by Friday night.<\/p>

\r\nHe said the crackdown was “a message to anyone in southern or eastern Syria that the state can use military force at any time, even while seeking peaceful solutions.”\r\n<\/p>

\r\nCurfews were announced on Friday in the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia, SANA said.<\/p>

\r\nSecurity forces conducted search operations in both cities and nearby mountains.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAlawite activists say their community has suffered violence and attacks, especially in rural areas of Homs and Latakia, since Assad was toppled in December after decades of repressive rule by his family and a civil war.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nWhile Sharaa has promised to govern Syria in an inclusive way, there have been no announced meetings between him and senior Alawite leaders, unlike with members of other minority groups.

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