Author: KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 09/03/2025 | 16:01:42
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An ambush on a security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days. The attack near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December. Rights groups reported dozens of revenge killings resulting from Sunni militants targeting the minority Islamic sect. Rights groups estimate that hundreds of civilians were killed. The Alawite sect once formed the core constituency of Assad’s government in the Sunni-majority country. As the civil war intensified, militant groups emerged across the country and treated Alawites as affiliates. Damascus blamed “individual actions” for the widespread violence against civilians. Al-Sharaa has lobbied to convince the United States and Europe to lift sanctions. Washington and Europe are concerned lifting sanctions before Syria transitions into an inclusive political system could pave the way for another chapter of autocratic rule.
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