A member of the Syrian forces stands on a vehicle after a battle against a nascent insurgency in Latakia, in the west of the country. Photo: Reuters
A member of the Syrian forces stands on a vehicle after a battle against a nascent insurgency in Latakia, in the west of the country. Photo: Reuters
Hatem Maher
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Syrian security forces battled for a second day yesterday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, with scores reported killed as the Islamist-led government faced the biggest challenge yet to its authority.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that more than 130 people had been killed in two days of violence in the coastal region of western Syria, which is heavily populated by the members of the Alawite minority.