Militants linked to the former Syrian regime of the previous escape president of the Arab country, Bashar Al Asadseveral have launched over Friday early coordinated attacks against soldiers and militiamen of the New Government of Damascus In the regions of Latakia y Housed.
These two locations, in the Syrian Mediterranean Coastthey are mostly populated by the Alauí minority from the country, from which Asad emerged and from which, also, the former officers and senior positions of the Syrian army Before the fall, in December, of the previous government of the Arab country.
According to the testimonies of inhabitants of the area, since December, dozens of groups of men previous attacks and ambush against the local population and security forces. This Friday’s attack has been different.
Coordinated already large scale
Thus, at least 13 Syrian soldiers They have died in several ambush in Latakia, close to the population of Qardahahthe hometown of the Asad. Syrian media, however, ensure that Dead figure It could be much greater, also including the folded militiamen. The attacks, after the first ambush, have multiplied, and Damascus has declared a curfew indefinite in the provinces of Latakia and Tartús, where reinforcements have been sent from the Syrian capital.
According to anonymous sources within the Syrian government, the attacks have been coordinated to Large scaleand Asad, from Moscow, has been informed of them “through a foreign country”.
The doubts of this foreign country are few: this Tuesday, Iranian media spurred the announcement of the creation of a “new Syrian militia”, the Islamic resistance front. This group, created from former royal of the Asad regime and whose name remembers the Resistance axisIran’s militias umbrella in Near Eastseeks to “respond to the plan Israel, Türkiye and the United States to divide Syria and end the era of resistance and challenge of ASAD, which was the core of all world resistance and release movements between 1970 and 2024 “.
Fear of reprisals
Since the fall of Asad, on December 8, the Syrian Mediterranean has lived with tension and fear the power and consolidation of the new government, led by Ahmed Al Sharaathe leader of the former rebel militia Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (hts)until 2017 subsidiary of Al Qaeda in Syria.
During the five decades of Asad in power, its regime was nourished by the Alauís of the region, which amounted to the positions of power in the Syrian Armed Forces and participated – by conviction or obligation – in the representation y Syrian civil war from among 2011 y 2024. Now, with the finished war, the alauís fear possible revenge and attacks by the militiamen previously opponents. These types of attacks, although sporadic, have been happening in the last three months, despite the ads and promises of Al Sharaa’s government to fight against them.
