Syria security forces, allies kill 830 Alawite civilians: new monitor toll

March 9, 2025

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A member of security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government speaks on a cell phone while standing by the Mediterranean sea coast in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for national unity and peace on March 9, amid growing international backlash following the killing of civilians along the country's coast in the worst violence since the overthrow of former president Bashar al-Assad, in the heartland of the Alawite minority to which the latter belongs. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

A Syrian war monitor said Sunday that security forces and allied groups killed 830 Alawite civilians over the past four days, revising upwards a previous toll.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the latest deaths among Alawite civilians pushed the overall toll in violence since Thursday to 1,311, as fighting killed 231 security personnel and 250 fighters loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad.