The new government established by Syrian rebels announced that forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad ambushed and killed 14 Interior Ministry employees. And ten were injured.
This was reported by the BBC. The clashes took place in the city of Tartus on December 25. According to the new Syrian authorities, the security forces were attacked while they were trying to arrest a former officer in connection with the notorious Seidnaya prison near Damascus. According to the "Syrian Observatory of Human Rights" organization, 3 militants were also killed during the clashes. At the same time, the new Syrian authorities introduced a night curfew in the city of Homs.
This happened as riots broke out after a video showing an attack on an Alawite mausoleum went viral on the Internet. The Syrian Interior Ministry said that it was an old video taken during a rebel attack in Aleppo in late November, and that the violence was carried out by unknown groups. get hurt At the end of November, the armed opposition groups led by "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" launched a large-scale attack against the positions of the Syrian army. On December 8, they entered Damascus, Bashar al-Assad left the position of the president of Syria and left the country, receiving asylum in Moscow.
On December 10, Mohammed al-Bashir, who headed the so-called Salvation Government in Idlib province, announced his appointment as the head of the cabinet of ministers of the transitional period of Syria. the transition period will last until March 1, 2025.