More than 1,000 Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Syria
Syria's temporary government on Saturday deployed reinforcements to coastal cities in the nation's northwest
More than 1,000 Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Syria latest news: In a horrific escalation of violence, over 1,000 individuals lost their lives in the first two days of fighting between Syrian security forces and loyalists of former President Bashar Assad.
The SOHR, which is based in Britain, reported fatalities in more than 20 towns in the Latakia, Tartus, and Hama provinces, in what has been one of the bloodiest incidents in Syria's 14-year war.
The SOHR said that, besides 745 civilians who were killed, mostly in close-range shootings, 125 government security force personnel and 148 Assad-linked militants were also killed. The Observatory added that the majority of the civilians killed belonged to the country's Alawite religious minority.
Syria's temporary government on Saturday deployed reinforcements to coastal cities in the nation's northwest, where security forces have been fighting intense battles with al-Assad loyalists.
Security forces on Saturday reported they had recaptured most of the regions in Tartous and Latakia governorates, where al-Assad loyalists launched coordinated attacks at checkpoints, security convoys, and military positions on Thursday.
An unnamed security official, as reported by Syria's state news agency SANA, said that following the attacks, many individuals moved into the coastal regions to take revenge for the attack on government security personnel. The official attributed the actions "to some individual violations and we are working to stop them.".
There is still a curfew in Latakia and other coastal cities that are mainly inhabited by al-Assad's minority Alawite sect and are his longtime base of support. During the course of the continuing fighting, scores of civilians and former regime supporters and their families have fled to the Russian Khmeimim base in the countryside of Latakia.
In his initial public remarks since the outbreak of violence, Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday urged the fighters to disarm and surrender "before it is too late".
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