At least 70 people were killed, and dozens were wounded in the overnight stay between the new authorities in Syria and the armed attackers loyal to the dictator Bashar Al-Assad, said the war monitor, in the bloodiest complaints from the collapse of the Assad Government.
The fighting took place in Latakia and Tartous provinces, longtime strongholds for Mr. Al-Assad along the Syrian Mediterranean coast. A few hours after the killing of 16 security staff by Loyalist Assad in the countryside Latakia on Thursday afternoon, the most dead attack on new Syrian security forces.
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets in the cities of Lataki and Tartous to demand that the government’s forces be withdrawn and withdrawing from the village, the first wide demonstration against new authorities since they took power in December.
On Thursday night, the government deployed more security forces ashore to bring back the turn. On Friday morning, the Government’s condoms patrolled the roads of both cities, and the residents were told to stay at home while the security forces carried out “combed operations” focused on the armed remains of the Assad regime, according to the state media.
“Thousands have decided to hand over their weapons and return to their families, while some insist on the escape of” Justice and the continuation of the fight, spokesman for the Syrian Ministry of Defense, Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani said “The election is clear: lay down the weapon or face the inevitable fate,” he added.
Fasting tensions have become a critical test for new Syrian leaders, whose rebel coalition knocked down the Assad regime and installed an Islamist transitional government that sought to consolidate control.
The coastal provinces represented a significant challenge for the Sunni Government under the guidance of Muslims because it has its authority. The region is the heart of Alawita Syrian minority, including the Assad family.
Despite the fact that they invented only 10 percent of the country’s population, Alavits had made a great impact on Earth over more than 50 years of the Assad family. Alaviti, who practice the testimony of Shiite Islam, was dominated by the ruling classes and the upper rows of the army under the Assad government.
Ever since they captured power, the new leaders of Syria have faced sporadic attacks on their forces in Latakia and Tartous by armed people associated with the Assad government.
The new government has invited all members of Mr. Al-Assad’s security forces to give up their relationships with the former government and surrender their weapons and vehicles to new authorities at the “Recalling Centers”.
Authorities did not promise a blanket Amnesty to those who do so, and many remains of the former government refused to participate in the process.
Overnight, a few nights after the security staff performed surgery in the village of Latakia to arrest officials of the Government of Assad, said the government official, who asked not to identify him because he was not authorized to talk to newspaper media.
While the security forces left a village, Beit Aana, armed ambushed their convoy, the residents of the village and the clerk said. At least 16 security staff was killed, according to the war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Beit Aana ambush caused additional conflicts between the Government forces and the armed loyalist Assad in Rural Latakia.
The artillery and machine guns rang all afternoon all afternoon, while hundreds of people from Beit Aana and nearby village fled to the village, The inhabitants said. It was not immediately clear whether some civilians or loyalists Assad were killed.
As the news of the conflicts spread, the protests erupted in major cities throughout Syria, and some supported the Government and others who demand that its forces give up the coast.
In Tartous, the port city, protesters sang: “One, one, one – Tarno and Jableh are one,” they refer to the area, Jableh, where the conflicts took place, towards the inhabitants.
In other parts of the country, including Homs and Idlib cities, thousands of people joined protests to support the Government. Some called for the suppression of armed remains of the Assad Government.
The authorities have been imposed on Thursday to 10am from 10:00 pm to 10am in many major cities, according to the Syrian Arab Novine Agency.
Until Friday morning, there seemed that few people in Tartous and Latakia were falling outside their homes as the security convoys patrolled through the streets.
Reham Murshed contributed to reporting.
