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An eruption of sectarian violence involving supporters of the deposed Assad regime has left hundreds dead, calling into question whether Syria’s new rulers can maintain discipline over a patchwork of armed militant groups, including hard-line jihadis. #Syria #Assad #MiddleEast
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The Christian Science Monitor · Deadly clashes in Syria are precisely what new leaders sought to avert
Daniel Kosmopolityczny Zunehmende Gewalt in #Syrien : Assads Gräuel aufarbeiten
#Assad #Menschenrechte #HumanRights
https://taz.de/Zunehmende-Gewalt-in-Syrien/!6071379
TAZ Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH · Zunehmende Gewalt in Syrien: Assads Gräuel aufarbeitenDie Jagd vor allem auf die Alawiten hätte verhindert werden müssen. Es mangelt an einer Aufarbeitung des gestürzten syrischen Regimes.
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Defense Ministry spokesperson declares end of military operation v. #Assad regime loyalists
Asserts public institutions are able to resume their work and provide essential services: “We are paving the way for life to return to normal and for the consolidation of security and stability"
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Civilians Killed Amid Fighting Between #Syria Security Forces and Pro- #Assad Fighters
https://eaworldview.com/2025/03/syria-civilians-killed-fighting/
"About 125 civilians have been executed by government security forces in north-west Syria during a rolling two-day battle with loyalists to the ousted Assad regime, a Syrian war monitor reported on Friday.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a human rights monitor considered independent and credible, documented “large-scale field executions of men and young adults, without any clear distinction between civilians and combatants”, in north-west Syria.
SNHR has documented the killing of at least 240 people since Thursday, including 100 Syrian security forces and 15 civilians at the hands of Assad loyalists.
The fighting resulted in Syria’s deadliest day since the toppling of the Assad regime three months earlier."
The Guardian · Syrian security forces execute 125 civilians in battle against Assad loyalists
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Civilians Killed Amid Fighting Between #Syria Security Forces and Pro- #Assad Fighters
https://eaworldview.com/2025/03/syria-civilians-killed-fighting/
Clashes continue in Syria between government forces and pro-Assad militias.
Footage of the fighting near the Russian airbase in Hmeimim, southeast of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate.
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Despite making up only 10% of the country’s population, the #Alawites exerted outsized influence during the #Assad family’s >50-yr rule. The Alawites, who practice an offshoot of #Shiite Islam, dominated the #RulingClass & upper ranks of the #military under Assad.
The new govt called on all members of Assad’s forces to relinquish their ties to the fmr govt & surrender their weapons at “reconciliation centers.” While thousands have taken part in that process, some…have not.
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The flaring tensions have become a critical test for #Syria’s new leaders, whose rebel coalition toppled the #Assad regime & installed an #Islamist transitional government that has sought to consolidate control.
The coastal provinces have posed a significant challenge for the #SunniMuslim led govt as it exerts its authority. The region is the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, including the #Assad family.
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Thousands of #protesters flooded streets in the cities of #Latakia & #Tartus to demand govt forces stand down & withdraw from the countryside, the first wide-scale #demonstrations against the new authorities….
By Fri morning, the govt had deployed more security personnel to the coast to bolster their forces there as they tried to regain authority over a handful of towns & villages where armed gunmen had effectively seized control overnight.
At least 70 people were killed & dozens wounded in overnight clashes between the new authorities in #Syria & gunmen loyal to the ousted #dictator #BasharalAssad …in the bloodiest skirmishes since the collapse of the #Assad govt.
The fighting unfolded in #Latakia & #Tartus Provinces, longtime strongholds for Assad…. It came hours after the killing of 16 security personnel by Assad loyalists in the Latakia countryside on Thurs afternoon….
#geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/middleeast/syria-clashes-assad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1B024967-639F-4C2E-914E-345E8BD9FE6A
The New York Times · At Least 70 Killed as Syria’s Security Forces Clash With Assad Loyalists
Dutzende Menschen bei Gefechten in Syrien getötet
Im Westen Syriens ist es zu heftigen Kämpfen zwischen Anhängern des gestürzten Diktators Assad und Truppen der neuen Regierung gekommen. 71 Menschen wurden nach Angaben der Syrischen Beobachtungsstelle für Menschenrechte getötet.
tagesschau.de · Dutzende Menschen bei Gefechten in Syrien getötetIm Westen Syriens ist es zu heftigen Kämpfen zwischen Anhängern des gestürzten Diktators Assad und Truppen der neuen Regierung gekommen. Mehr als 70 Menschen wurden nach Angaben der Beobachtungsstelle für Menschenrechte getötet.
Clashes have erupted in Syria between the forces of the Syrian transitional government and Iran-backed forces of the former Assad regime.
New #Syria government declared readiness to destroy all chemical weapons stockpiles left in the country in cooperation with OPCW.
https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2025/03/syria-commits-to-destroy-chemical-weapons-stockpile/
Yes, they’re talking about the same stockpiles that #Assad had “destroyed” decades ago, which #Russia had “vouched” for, and then Noam Chomsky, John Pilger and Seymour Hersh were convincing everyone that it had been true.
Enab Baladi · Syria commits to destroy chemical weapons stockpile - Enab BaladiSyrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani stated on Wednesday, March 5, that his country is committed to cooperating with the Organization […]
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@randahl wrote: "The friend of our enemy is not our friend."
More complicated than that?
“Nobody bothered to tell you Israel has started a war against Syria's ‘liberators’"
by Ricky Hale and Council Estate Media
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“Israel is denying Syrians sovereignty over their land and plans to balkanise it, presumably so Syria’s resources can be looted with minimum fuss”
Council Estate Media · Nobody bothered to tell you Israel has started a war against Syria's "liberators"
“Nobody bothered to tell you Israel has started a war against Syria's ‘liberators’"
by Ricky Hale and Council Estate Media
@palestine
@israel @gazawatch @lebanon
@UKLabour
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes
“Israel is denying Syrians sovereignty over their land and plans to balkanise it, presumably so Syria’s resources can be looted with minimum fuss”
Council Estate Media · Nobody bothered to tell you Israel has started a war against Syria's "liberators"