(11 Mar 2025)
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Jableh, Syria – 11 March 2025
1. Aerial shot of city ++MUTE++
2. Various of Syrian Red Crescent ambulances entering Hmeimim base
3. Paramedics carrying injured man to ambulance
4. Various of paramedics and ambulances at scene
5. Wide of trucks carrying humanitarian aid entering Hmeimim base
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Sultan, local official:
"We came today with a delegation from Lattakia Governorate to deliver a message to the people inside the Hmeimim base, that the situation outside has become safe, with many security forces spreading and securing the area. Most of the regions in the city’s mountains, countryside, and Al-Fardaha have been cleared. We wanted to send them a reassuring message so they can understand the reality of the situation outside and not receive inaccurate information. We have now evacuated some of the injured, and they are being taken by ambulance behind us. We also helped in the evacuation of families, one after another."
7. Wide of ambulances at scene
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Sultan, local official:
"There was a voluntary evacuation of about 100 people from the base. We didn’t stop them; they were leaving voluntarily. We will try to reach them to provide them with means of livelihood if their homes are damaged, in addition to ensuring their protection and providing psychological and food security in the villages where they are currently staying."
9. Various of streets in Jableh
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Al Hamoud, local resident:
"Thank God, today life has returned, and people have gone back to their homes. Everything is, thank God, perfectly fine."
11. Wide of statue with Syrian flag
12. Soundbite (Arabic) Mohammed Al Hamoud, local resident:
“We want safety and security, and to return as one family, just as we were before, against sectarianism and against anyone who speaks about sectarianism. We want to return as brothers and loved ones, living a 100% normal life. All we want is safety and security in this country."
13. Various aerials of city ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Injured people were being evacuated on Tuesday from a coastal air base in Syria that was used as a refuge during the recent regional violence in the country.
Ambulances and aid trucks were seen entering the Hmeimim base, where Syrian Arab Red Crescent staff were evacuating wounded people to take them to a hospital in nearby Latakia.
Sectarian violence broke out in the country following clashes between government-linked forces and groups associated with deposed President Bashar Assad.
Monitoring groups said hundreds of civilians were killed in revenge attacks in coastal communities, primarily targeting members of the Alawite religious minority to which Assad belongs.
Some families took refuge in the Russian air base in the coastal province of Latakia.
Amjad Sultan, a local official , who came with a delegation bringing aid to the base, said they were trying to “bring a message to the people in Hmeimim that the situation outside has become safe and the security forces have spread out to control the area."
But many of the families remained unconvinced.
In Jableh, people were beginning to return to the streets, although many stores remained shuttered.
“Thank God, today life has returned, and people have gone back to their homes. Everything is, thank God, perfectly fine,” said resident Mohammad al-Hamoud.
“We want safety and security, and to return as one family, just as we were before, against sectarianism and against anyone who speaks about sectarianism," he added.
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