Assad Loyalists Carry Out Deadly Raids in War-Weary Syria
The Syrian army's operation targeting remnants of the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime in Latakia continues in Syria on March 6.
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Armed men affiliated with Syria’s toppled regime carried out surprise attacks on the port city of Latakia and other Mediterranean areas, killing dozens in the fiercest confrontations since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
The “pre-planned” offensive singled out multiple security sites in Jableh and the surrounding countryside, damaging government premises as well as public and private property, the Syrian state-run news agency Sana reported Thursday, citing a security official in Latakia.