Syrian forces in lethal clashes with Assad-linked fighters in Latakia
A Syrian safety supply instructed Al Jazeera that 15 safety personnel had been killed in ‘varied armed ambushes’.
Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian chief Bashar al-Assad have killed a minimum of 15 safety personnel in ambushes within the coastal province of Latakia, a safety supply instructed Al Jazeera.
The assaults passed off on Thursday close to the city of Jableh within the Latakia countryside, a part of the coastal space which varieties the heartland of the Alawite minority sect to which the al-Assad household belongs.
A Syrian safety supply instructed the Al Jazeera Arabic community that 15 safety personnel had been killed in “varied armed ambushes”.
“The Syrian state will impose its authority on all teams outdoors the regulation and won’t permit safety to be threatened,” mentioned the supply.
Reporting from Damascus, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar, mentioned tensions had been working excessive after the assaults.
“For the reason that fall of the Assad regime three months in the past, that is maybe one of many largest safety challenges that the brand new authorities is dealing with,” he mentioned.
The central authorities had despatched reinforcements consisting of “dozens and dozens of navy autos” to the town of Latakia from a number of governorates, together with Hama, Homs and Idlib, he mentioned.
Quickly after the assault, a video was launched by an Assad-era commander, saying {that a} resistance group referred to as the “coastal protect regiment” had been fashioned towards the brand new authorities, mentioned Serdar.
The safety director of Latakia province had earlier instructed the Syrian state information company SANA that safety forces had been clashing within the Latakia countryside with armed teams loyal to Assad-era particular forces commander Suhail al-Hassan.
Safety forces in Latakia introduced that the scenario was now beneath management and that a number of of the attackers had been killed, with “many extra captured”, mentioned Serdar. A curfew was additionally introduced within the coastal metropolis of Tartous.
Syria’s Mediterranean coastal areas have emerged as one of many principal safety challenges for interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa as his authorities works to consolidate management over the nation.
