Deteriorating Living Conditions in the Syrian Coastal Areas
March 10, 2025, 11:24 am

Deteriorating Living Conditions in the Syrian Coastal Areas

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Living conditions in the coastal areas and mountains of Syria have significantly worsened, as residents have been suffering from continuous shortages of food supplies and daily necessities for families for several days. This comes in conjunction with the security operation taking place in the coast, which is a direct response to the armed attacks launched by Alawite militants on security forces and the Ministry of Defense on Thursday, March 6.

Under these difficult circumstances, residents have issued an urgent plea for help to secure basic needs, as they are facing power outages and shortages of drinking water, in addition to several bakeries halting operations for four days in some regions. The situation is deteriorating in the neighborhoods of Latakia and Jableh, as well as in extensive areas of the coastal countryside.

The Syrian coastal areas and the mountains of Latakia have witnessed painful events and targeted killings based on sectarian and regional grounds, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of citizens, including women and children. Security forces, elements of the Ministry of Defense, and affiliated forces have committed war crimes and human rights violations, amid a lack of legal deterrence.

The number of massacres in the Syrian coast and its mountains has reached 39 since the escalation, which was ignited by attacks from armed members of the Alawite sect on March 6 against the Syrian Ministries of Interior and Defense, leading to killings, field executions, and ethnic cleansing operations starting on March 7, which have continued over 72 hours and are still ongoing.

The Syrian Observatory recorded new massacres in the al-Quneitra neighborhood in Tartus, the city of Baniyas, the al-Da'atur neighborhood in Latakia, and the villages of Al-Ramlah and Al-Rasafah in the countryside of Masyaf.

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