Members of the Alawite neighborhood protest in Latakia, Syria, December 28, 2025 (Ahmad Fallaha/EPA)
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Members of Syria’s Alawite non secular group had been rallying on Sunday. They had been confronted by pro-government demonstrators, and masked attackers opened fireplace and threw grenades at safety personnel.
Eight folks had been slain and 18 injured throughout Friday Prayers within the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque when an explosive was detonated contained in the constructing. The mosque is within the Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood, the place most residents are Alawites.
Authorities haven’t recognized a suspect, however the jihadist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah claimed accountability for the explosion.
Alawites are an offshoot of Shia Islam. Many individuals within the overthrown Assad regime, together with Bashar al-Assad, had been members.
The decision for Sunday’s demonstrations was made by Ghazal Ghazal, an Alawite chief residing exterior Syria. Protesters demanded that the federal government implement federalism, decentralization, and the discharge of detainees.
The Syrian Protection Ministry mentioned the military entered town facilities of Latakia and Tartous in western Syria with armored automobiles and tanks.
The Latakia governorate’s media workplace mentioned three folks had been killed and greater than 40 wounded. State media company SANA reported the safety officer was killed by gunfire from “armed remnants of the previous regime”. It mentioned civilians and different safety personnel had been wounded by gunfire from unknown assailants close to Azhari Sq. in Latakia metropolis.
Tartous Governor Ahmed al-Shami criticized the Alawite non secular chief Ghazal Ghazal for enjoying on folks’s feelings to create chaos. He mentioned the fitting to display is on the market to everybody so long as it doesn’t result in destabilizing the nation.
