(8 Mar 2025)
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Al-Janoudiya, Idlib, Syria – 8 March 2025
1. Wide of arrival of four bodies of security members killed in clashes, some firing machine guns in air UPSOUND gunshots
2. Mid of ambulances carrying bodies arriving
3. Various of men shooting in air UPSOUND gunshots
4. Relatives of killed security men crying by bodies
5. Relative leaving ambulance
6. Various of people carrying bodies through streets
7. Sheikh leading prayers
8. Various of people praying by bodies
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mostafa al-Shoghari, brother of killed security member:
“If it was not for the pure blood of these martyrs, we would not have reached this point, they (Assad loyalists) would have committed the most horrific acts. But we swear before God, by God Almighty, that we will make them taste what we endured 200 times, 2,000 times.”
10. People picking up and carrying bodies to cemetery
11. Relatives receiving condolences
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Khattab, member of general security:
“We received news that our group in Jableh was under siege and being attacked by the remnants of the former regime. So, we mobilized our convoys and young men towards Jableh. We moved everyone and called for reinforcements from our brothers in the military and the Syrian army, then headed back there. But SubhanAllah (glory to Allah), the attack was highly coordinated by the remnants. It was extremely intense, in an unbelievable way. They blocked roads and bridges, cutting off supplies and access routes completely. There was heavy fire on the reinforcements arriving, on pickups, vehicles, everything. After a while, we managed to get the situation back under control."
13. Various drone shots of funeral ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
A funeral was held in Syria’s Idlib province to mourn security members who were killed in the the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago.
Scores of people attended the funeral in Al-Janoudiya, Idlib, for the killed security members.
Residents prayed over the bodies before they were then carried through the streets towards the cemetery to be buried.
The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad, and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in addition to 745 civilians killed, mostly in shootings from close distance, 125 government security force members and 148 militants with armed groups affiliated with Assad were killed.
The Associated Press could not independently verify those numbers.
The clashes, which erupted Thursday, marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after insurgents took authority after removing Assad from power.
The revenge killings that started Friday by Sunni Muslim gunmen loyal to the government against members of Assad’s minority Alawite sect are a major blow to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the faction that led the overthrow of the former government.
Alawites made up a large part of Assad’s support base for decades.
The government has said that they were responding to attacks from remnants of Assad’s forces and blamed “individual actions” for the rampant violence.
AP video shot by Omar Albam
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