Protester also shot dead after video showing desecration of ousted leader’s minority group shrine goes viral
Fourteen members of the Syrian police have been killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad.
The officers died in the Tartus countryside in the west of the country, the transitional administration said early on Thursday, in the first major retaliation against the new rulers.
Mohammed Abdel Rahman, Syria’s new interior minister, said on Telegram that 10 police officers were also wounded by what he called “remnants” of the Assad government in Tartus, vowing to crack down on “anyone who dares to undermine Syria’s security or endanger the lives of its citizens”.
Thousands of people in Syria have taken to the streets to protest a video showing an attack on an Alawite shrine, which the new gov't says is “old” and republished by “unknown groups to stir up strife”. pic.twitter.com/2xjnQnyATc
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) December 26, 2024
