SYRIA CIVIL WAR : UK LIFTS SANCTIONS ON SYRIA’S JOLANI REGIME AS HTS DROPS BARREL BOMBS ON CIVILIANS : LATEST UPDATES

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🚨🇬🇧UK LIFTS SANCTIONS ON SYRIA’S JOLANI REGIME AS HTS DROPS BARREL BOMBS ON CIVILIANS

Britain unfroze assets of Syria’s central bank, state airline, and oil firms—lifting all sanctions on 24 entities linked to HTS, a proscribed terrorist group.

HTS, now leading Syria’s interim government, is barrel-bombing civilians in Latakia, launching helicopter strikes in Assad’s former stronghold.

With the EU and US keeping key sanctions, the UK’s decision marks a major foreign policy shift, drawing global scrutiny.

Source: Middle East Eye

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🚨🇸🇾SYRIAN OFFICIALS ARRIVE NEAR RUSSIAN HMEIMIM BASE TO REASSURE RESIDENTS

A delegation from Jableh’s administration and General Security has arrived near Russia’s Hmeimim airbase to reassure locals and facilitate their return to villages.

Source: Al Jazeera

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🚨🇸🇾SYRIA DECLARES FULL MILITARY MOBILIZATION, SUSPENDS SCHOOLS IN TARTOUS AND LATAKIA

The Syrian government has ordered full military mobilization and suspended all educational activities in Tartous and Latakia until Tuesday.

Source: Middle East Spectator

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🇸🇾SYRIA: CIVILIAN DEATHS SURGE TO OVER 340 AMID POST-ASSAD VIOLENCE

The death toll of Alawite civilians in Syria’s Latakia region has risen from 100 to over 340, according to a war monitor, as government security forces and allied fighters target communities linked to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad.

The violence is the latest chapter in Syria’s post-Assad turmoil.

His Alawite sect, which dominated the military and government for decades, now faces deadly reprisals from the new authorities.

Reports describe executions, looting, and sweeping security operations, with the overall death toll surpassing 550, including pro-Assad fighters and security forces.

The UN has condemned the killings, warning that the violence could further destabilize Syria’s fragile transition.

Meanwhile, Western powers and neighboring countries watch nervously, fearing that the country’s deep sectarian divides could ignite a new wave of conflict.

Source: The Hindu

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🇮🇱🇸🇾ISRAEL’S KATZ BLASTS SYRIA’S NEW “PRESIDENT” AS “AL-QAEDA TERRORIST”

Israeli Defense Minister Katz didn’t hold back, calling Syria’s interim President al-Sharaa “a jihadist terrorist of the al-Qaeda school” after reports emerged that Syrian forces executed over 125 Alawite civilians while cracking down on Assad loyalists.

Katz warned that Israel would defend itself against any threats from Syria and vowed to maintain military control over a buffer zone along the border.

His remarks come as Syria faces its biggest internal challenge since Assad’s removal, with al-Sharaa struggling to assert control over key regions.

Meanwhile, Russia is urging restraint, but with mounting violence and accusations of war crimes, Syria’s new leadership is under intense scrutiny.

Source: The Times of Israel

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🚨🇸🇾SYRIA ERUPTS IN CHAOS AS ASSAD LOYALISTS FIGHT BACK

3 months after Assad was ousted, his loyalists aren’t going quietly.

At least 240 people are dead in northwest Syria as government forces and Assad supporters clash in the deadliest fighting since his fall.

It all started when government troops tried to arrest someone near Jableh but walked straight into an ambush.

What followed was a brutal wave of revenge killings, leaving entire villages caught in the crossfire.

Many of the victims are from the Alawite sect—Assad’s religious minority that held power for decades.

Now, interim President al-Sharaa is facing a massive test.

He promised unity, but with Assad strongholds still under rebel control and his past ties to extremist groups raising eyebrows, his grip on Syria looks shaky at best.

Western governments are watching closely, wondering: Is al-Sharaa really the man to rebuild Syria, or just another warlord in a new uniform?

Source: NBC News

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🚨🇸🇾INTENSE CLASHES RAGE IN LATAKIA AS SYRIAN FORCES TARGET ASSAD MILITIAS

Heavy fighting continues in Latakia Governorate, Northwestern Syria, with Syrian government forces advancing against pro-Assad militias, eliminating up to 180 opposition fighters.

The military now accuses these militias of using the Alawite ethnic group as “human shields,” with captured fighters facing summary executions, escalating the conflict’s brutality.

The coastal region, a former Assad stronghold, sees mounting tension as government forces press forward.

Source:
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🚨🇸🇾MASSIVE CLASHES ON SYRIA’S COAST: DOZENS DEAD AS PRO-ASSAD FORCES SEIZE LATTAKIA BASES

Syrian pro-Assad forces have taken Latakia’s Naval Command HQ and Istamo Airfield, killing scores of HTS fighters and capturing helicopters.

In Jableh and Baniyas, Assad-aligned Coastal Shield Brigade launched brutal ambushes, killing at least 13 HTS fighters. A car bomb in Qardaha wiped out an entire HTS unit.

Meanwhile, Turkish troops and proxies have entered Idlib, raising fears of escalation. Damascus sees mass pro-security demonstrations as Latakia enforces a strict curfew.

Assad loyalists deny fighting to restore Assad but claim to be crushing HTS oppression.

Source: Al Jazeera, ME Observer, War Monitor