{"id":10985,"date":"2025-03-06T23:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T23:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/deadly-clashes-pose-test-for-syrias-new-leaders\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T23:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T23:04:23","slug":"deadly-clashes-pose-test-for-syrias-new-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/deadly-clashes-pose-test-for-syrias-new-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria\u2019s New Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least 16 security personnel were killed on Thursday by gunmen loyal to Syria\u2019s ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said, in one of the deadliest clashes for Syria\u2019s new leaders since the collapse of the Assad government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The attack in Latakia Province, long a stronghold for Mr. al-Assad along Syria\u2019s Mediterranean coast, set off an hourslong clash between government forces and the gunmen. It also prompted protests across the coastal region, with thousands calling on government forces to withdraw from the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI heard some demonstrators threatening to return with weapons,\u201d said Alaa Mousa, 30, a resident of Tartous, a port city. He said he felt like \u201cthe situation is on the verge of collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The clashes were among the most violent since a rebel coalition <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/world\/middleeast\/assad-syria.html\" title=\"\">toppled the Assad government<\/a> in December and installed an Islamist transitional government that has sought to exert its authority across the fractious country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The coastal region has emerged as one of the most challenging areas for the Sunni Muslim-led government. It is the heartland of Syria\u2019s Alawite minority, which includes the Assad family. The Alawites, who practice an offshoot of Shiite Islam, make up around 10 percent of Syria\u2019s population and dominated the ruling class and upper ranks of the military under the Assad government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The flaring tensions have become a critical test for the country\u2019s new leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ibrahim al-Assil, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, said that if government forces \u201cact in a disciplined manner, they might succeed in restoring order and maintain popular support.\u201d But, he said, if \u201cindividual fighters or rogue units engage in revenge attacks against locals, the situation could spiral into sectarian clashes, further destabilizing the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The clashes began Thursday afternoon as security personnel for the new government were conducting an operation in the countryside of Latakia, according to the war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The security personnel were trying to arrest an official from the Assad government, according to a government official who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Upon leaving one village, Beit Aana, the government forces were ambushed by gunmen and several were killed, according to two village residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ambush sparked additional clashes between government forces and armed men loyal to Mr. al-Assad in that village and surrounding areas, according to the Syrian Observatory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Artillery and machine-gun fire were heard throughout the afternoon, and at least one helicopter fired on the village, according to the war monitor and the two residents. The chaos prompted hundreds of people from Beit Aana and nearby villages to flee to the nearby countryside, the residents said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not immediately clear if any civilians or the gunmen were killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The clashes prompted protests across Syria\u2019s western coast, with thousands pouring into the streets of Latakia City, the provincial capital, and nearby Tartous, and calling for government forces to withdraw from the Latakia countryside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Tartous, protesters gathered around Al-Assadi Square, chanting \u201cOne, one, one \u2014 Tartous and Jableh are one,\u201d referring to the area, Jableh, where the clashes had unfolded, according to residents. Outside one government building, government security forces fired into the area to try to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Protests by people who support the new government also erupted in major cities, including Homs and Idlib. The rebel coalition now in control of Syria governed Idlib in the later years of the country\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday evening, the Syrian authorities announced a curfew from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. Friday in many major cities, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency, the state media. The government also deployed additional security forces to the coast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Late Thursday night, most streets in Tartous had emptied, with people obeying the curfew. But the city remained tense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis calm seems to be the calm before the storm,\u201d Mr. Mousa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reham Mourshed contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/world\/middleeast\/syria-clashes-assad.html\">Source link 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