(11 Mar 2025)
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Latakia – 11 March 2025
1. Wide of road
2. Members of security forces waving car to pass
3. Various of discarded items
4. Mid of man talking on mobile phone
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fares Abu Mohammed, member of security forces:
“We, the General Security Department, set up a checkpoint on the Aleppo-Latakia road. Of course people took advantage, and the thieves took advantage of the situation that happened and everyone saw the chaos, so the thieves took the vehicles and went towards Idlib, but thank God we set up the checkpoint here at the Ain al-Hawr junction, and these are the vehicles that we confiscated and are handing over to our brothers in the city.”
6. Wide, exterior of hospital
7. Mid of hospital corridor
8. Wide of hospital ward
9. Mid of elderly female patient on bed in ward
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Durid Rahmoun, Director of Health in Latakia:
“Hospitals have been receiving casualties with all their on-duty staff, while the remaining staff are unable to reach the hospitals due to road closures caused by attempts to infiltrate and carry out roadside killings of civilians moving between villages. Security forces have controlled this and today there is complete calm. We worked with other governates so that we can re-enforce the medical staff.”
11. Various of security forces on streets
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ammar Moala, Latakia resident:
“We expect that with the SDF signing with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, there will be unity. That is a good thing. We want the coast, because it is a beacon of thinking and a beacon of freedom and life. We want the coast to join them too and we can have a seed that grows into a beautiful Syria.”
13. Various of destroyed cars on road
STORYLINE:
A cautious calm was observed in Syria’s coastal areas Tuesday following days of sectarian violence that has fractured a country just coming out of a 14 year civil war.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said 1,130 people were killed in the clashes, including 830 civilians.
The U.N. Human Rights Office has documented the killing of 111 civilians so far, saying in a statement “the process of verification is ongoing, and the actual number of people killed is believed to be significantly higher.”
The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify the figure.
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.
In the city of Latakia, security forces set up checkpoints where people could retrieve some of their items that were looted during the carnage.
Hospitals around Latakia were overloaded with patients.
“Hospitals have been receiving casualties with all their on-duty staff, while the remaining staff are unable to reach the hospitals due to road closures caused by attempts to infiltrate and carry out roadside killings of civilians moving between villages," said Durid Rahmoun, Latakia’s Director of Health.
With a heavy presence of security forces, the city’s streets returned to calm.
Some hope that deal signed by interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa will bring more stability to the coast.
“We expect that with the SDF signing with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, there will unity. That is a good thing," said Latakia resident, Ammar Moala.
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