BEIRUT – Syrian Arab Republic’s security forces “executed” 134 civilians on Friday in the Mediterranean heartland of ousted president Bashar Assad’s Alawite minority, a war monitor said.
Some “134 Alawite civilians, including at least 13 women and five children, were executed by security forces in the regions of Banyas, Latakia and Jableh,” Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP, bringing the overall toll to 229 since the outbreak of violence on Thursday, when authorities began a vast security operation following clashes.
AN-AFP, 7 March 2025
