Members of the Alawite group 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 individuals 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 duty 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 name for Sunday’s demonstrations was made by Ghazal Ghazal, an Alawite chief residing outdoors Syria. Protesters demanded that the federal government implement federalism, decentralization, and the discharge of detainees.
The Syrian Defense Ministry mentioned the military entered the town facilities of Latakia and Tartous in western Syria with armored automobiles and tanks.
The Latakia governorate’s media workplace mentioned three individuals 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 former regime”. It mentioned civilians and different safety personnel had been wounded by gunfire from unknown assailants close to Azhari Square in Latakia metropolis.
Tartous Governor Ahmed al-Shami criticized the Alawite non secular chief Ghazal Ghazal for enjoying on individuals’s feelings to create chaos. He mentioned the fitting to show is offered to everybody so long as it doesn’t result in destabilizing the nation.