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Syria defense ministry ends operation on coast: state news

Syria defense ministry ends operation on coast: state news
Syria defense ministry ends operation on coast: state news

2025-03-14 11:20:35 - From: Arab News


DAMASCUS: Syria’s defense ministry announced on Monday the end of a major security operation in coastal provinces, after days of violence and mass killings that sparked international concern. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said nearly 1,500 people have died in the violence since Thursday, the majority civilians of them killed by security forces and allied groups in the heartland of the Alawite minority to which deposed president Bashar Assad belongs.