The casualties included 745 civilians, 125 members of the Syrian security forces and 148 fighters loyal to Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saysMore than 1,000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor saysMore than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect in the country's coastal region, a war monitor said on Saturday. The casualties included 745 civilians, 125 members of the Syrian security forces and 148 fighters loyal to Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Several dozen members of the security forces have been killed in heavy clashes with militants, a Syrian security official said. Six residents of the coastal region said thousands of Alawites and Christians had fled their homes since Thursday, fearing for their lives. Abdulrahman and four people in the coastal region who spoke on condition of anonymity said killings, looting and burning of homes had continued overnight in Baniyas and in surrounding villages.

Source: bd News24 March 09, 2025 05:34 UTC