Syrian forces launch sweep as Assad loyalists accused of attacks
Syrian authorities launched a security sweep in the city of Latakia on Tuesday, residents said, after two members of their forces were killed in an attack blamed by state media on remnants of Bashar al-Assad's ousted government.
Syrian forces kill 4 in former president Assad’s bastion
Latakia province is a former stronghold of the government of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and the heartland of his family’s Alawite minority. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the operation in the city’s Daatur district killed “four civilians”, including two “guards at a local school” yesterday and two construction workers today.
Syrian forces launch operation against pro-Assad armed group after Latakia ambush
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the defence ministry gathered forces with troop carriers and armed vehicles in the area “in search of the gunmen who attacked an internal secur
Syrian forces search former Assad stronghold after suspected loyalist attacks
Khalidi DAMASCUS/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian security forces searched for suspects in the city of Latakia on Tuesday, residents said, after two defence ministry members were killed in an attack blamed by state media on remnants of Bashar al-Assad's ousted government.
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