Damascus announce completion of anti-Assad loyalist campaign
Clashes between Assad loyalists and the country's new Islamist rulers have killed more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians.
Search and sweep operations are being expanded to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime after recent security tensions in the coastal region, where ousted regime elements attacked security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria.(photo credit: Izettin Kasim/Anadolu via Getty Images)Updated: