The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights


A general view shows the Armenian Christian town of Kasab after rebel fighters seized it March 24, 2014. Syrian troops backed by war planes battled on Monday to dislodge Islamist rebels from a border crossing and northern town in the coastal province of Latakia, heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority. Fighters from the Islamic Front and al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized the Armenian Christian town of Kasab on Sunday after taking the nearby border crossing in an offensive which follows a string of recent rebel defeats further south. Picture taken March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Tension prevails in the birthplace of Bashar al- Assad after a Shabbih killed in al- Qerdaha by the policemen

Lattakia Province:

Tension has prevailed among the Shabbiha (pro-regime militiamen) in the city of al- Qerdaha, the birthplace of Bashar al- Assad, after killing the Shabbih ( a shabbih is a pro-regime militiaman) Ali Ismail and his escort by the policemen when they were trying to arrest them yesterday, where exchange firing took place between the two sides that led to kill 2 policemen too.

 

The violent clashes between the regime forces and allied militiamen against the rebel and Islamist factions around the village of Kafar Delbah and al- Jeb al- Ahmar in the northern countryside of Lattakia, information reported casualties on both sides.

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