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Two Killed in Security Forces Raid in Latakia
Two individuals were killed by members of the Internal Security Forces during a raid on the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Al-Dattour in the city of Latakia. It is reported that the deceased were security guards at the local school.
According to sources, the operation included the arrest of four people, and several homes were stormed, resulting in damage to one due to random gunfire. The area witnessed a wave of arrests today, accompanied by roadblocks leading to the neighborhood and heavy gunfire.
Since the beginning of 2025, the number of retaliatory actions and targeted killings in various Syrian provinces has reached 333 victims, consisting of 324 men, 7 women, and 2 children, distributed as follows:
- **Damascus:** 5 (5 men, 0 women), 0 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Rural Damascus:** 30 (29 men, 1 woman), 2 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Homs:** 117 (113 men, 3 women, 1 child), 45 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Hama:** 84 (83 men, 1 woman), 38 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Latakia:** 24 (24 men, 0 women), 18 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Aleppo:** 22 (21 men, 1 woman), 0 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Tartus:** 23 (21 men, 1 woman, 1 child), 14 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Idlib:** 10 (10 men), 0 cases due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Sweida:** 2 (2 men), 1 case due to sectarian affiliation.
- **Daraa:** 6 (6 men).
- **Deir ez-Zor:** 1 (1 man).
