March 2025 Western Syria clashes

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The March 2025 Western Syria clashes were a phase of the Western Syria clashes, which followed the fall of the Assad regime and end of the Syrian civil war. On 6 March, there was a "large and coordinated" ambush by Assad loyalist insurgents at the town of Jableh near the city of Latakia. The Syrian Armed Forces launched a counter-insurgency operation, which ended on 10 March. During and after this operation, over 1,000 Alawites were killed by government and allied forces in a series of massacres. The insurgent assaults against the government forces, which were launched by Assadist militant groups loyal to Ba'athist military commanders Suhayl al-Hasan, Ghiath Dalla and Miqdad Fatiha, targeted government buildings, checkpoints, hospitals and medical facilities. On 6 March, Assadist insurgents briefly seized control of suburbs of Jableh, Baniyas and villages surrounding Assad family's hometown of Qardaha. Nearly 400 Syrian security personnel and dozens of civilians were killed in the attacks...

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