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The Syrian Defence Ministry said today that its military operation against what it called the remnants of the deposed Assad regime in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus has concluded.
“Our forces successfully neutralised security cells and remnants of the former regime in the towns of Al Mukhtareyah, Muzayraa, and Al-Zubar in Latakia, as well as Ad Dali, Ta’nita, and Al Qadmus in Tartous, thwarting threats and securing the area,” ministry spokesperson Hassan Abdul Ghani said in statements carried by the state news agency SANA.
He said public institutions are now able “to resume operations and provide essential services to our citizens, paving the way for a return to normal life and reinforcing security and stability.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday that it “has documented the death of 973 civilians in 39 massacres and other individual executions committed by military and security forces in the Syrian coastline and Latakia mountains” since 7 March.
It added that the attacks also killed 231 members of security services and the Ministry of Defence and 250 Alawite gunmen affiliated with the former regime. Their deaths bring to 1,454 the total number of fatalities since the beginning of attacks on 6 March.