These attacks represent one of the most severe episodes of violence that the new regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa has faced since Assad's fall in December.
Syrian television, aligned with the new Damascus administration, reported that the clashes were still unfolding in the Jableh region, part of the coastal area that is the core of the Alawite sect, to which the Assad family belongs.
This coastal region has become one of the greatest security challenges for Ahmed al-Sharaa, as his government attempts to consolidate its control over the country after more than a decade of civil war.
The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing a source from the Ministry of Defense, reported that "remnants of Assad's militias" had launched coordinated attacks in several areas. It was noted that reinforcements from the new regime were being sent to the Jableh area to support the security forces.
Earlier this week, two members of the Ministry of Defense were killed in the city of Latakia by groups that state media have identified as "remnants of Assad's militia."
