In Syria, there were further clashes with supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Four security guards were killed and several more were injured. Earlier, fierce fighting broke out when police officers working at Sednaya prison tried to arrest Assad supporters.
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said on Sunday evening that at least four members of the new government's security services were killed in subsequent clashes with forces loyal to Syria's ousted President Bashar al-Assad. He was reported dead. It added that the dead included supporters of President Assad.
Syria. Clashes with supporters of the president
OSDH, which has an extensive informant network in Syria, reported that heavy fighting broke out during the new authorities' operation in a town near the city of Homs in western Syria.
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New government security officials were ambushed by Assad supporters who were deposed in early December in the coastal city of Taurus on Tuesday as they tried to arrest a former police officer for his activities at the notorious Sednaya prison. 14 people were killed. Near Damascus.
Reuters reported on riots incited by supporters of the ousted president in several cities. In response, new authorities introduced measures such as a curfew. In Homs. Syria's new interior minister threatened on social media: “We will kill anyone who tries to threaten the security of Syria or the lives of its people.”
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On December 8, Syrian rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) announced the overthrow of the Assad regime, which had come to power in recent years thanks largely to support from Russia and Iran.
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