Politics Activists: More than 600 dead in escalation in Syria
According to activists, more than 600 people have been killed in massacres and battles in the new escalation in Syria. Security forces of the transitional government have killed or executed at least 428 people, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Women and children were among the victims.
08.03.2025, 20:08
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The UK-based monitoring center, which is following the conflict through a network of informants, spoke of massacres in more than 20 locations in the governorates of Latakia, Tartus and Hama. The western coastal regions are considered strongholds of the Alawites, a religious community to which the ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad also belongs. The Observatory accused fighters of the Islamist interim government of war crimes.
On Thursday, armed clashes between supporters of al-Assad and security forces of the new government escalated. In addition to civilians, more than 200 combatants on both sides were killed.
