Hundreds Killed In Ethnic Clashes In Syria

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Almost 200 people have died in clashes between Syrian government forces and fighters loyal to the country's former president Bashar al Assad, a war monitoring group has said.

Fighters backing the new Damascus regime attacked three villages near the coast, killing dozens of men in retaliation for attacks on government security forces by Assad loyalists, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). 7 March 2025