Key Facts
- Insurgent attack date
- 6 March 2025
- Counter-operation duration
- 6–10 March 2025
- Alawites killed (alleged)
- Over 1,000
- Syrian security personnel killed
- Nearly 400
- Areas briefly seized
- Suburbs of Jableh, Baniyas, villages near Qardaha
Strategic Narrative Overview
On 6 March 2025, pro-Assad insurgents launched a large, coordinated ambush near Jableh, briefly seizing suburbs of Jableh, Baniyas, and villages around Qardaha. They targeted government buildings, checkpoints, hospitals, and medical facilities, killing nearly 400 Syrian security personnel and dozens of civilians. The Syrian government declared curfews in Latakia and Tartus, rushed reinforcements to the coast, and launched a counter-insurgency operation that ran through 10 March.
01 / The Origins
Following the fall of the Assad regime and the end of the Syrian civil war, remnants of the Assadist military apparatus organized armed resistance in Syria's western coastal region. Militant groups loyal to Ba'athist commanders Suhayl al-Hasan, Ghiath Dalla, and Miqdad Fatiha sought to destabilize the new Syrian caretaker government by exploiting loyalist networks concentrated in the Alawite heartland around Latakia and Tartus.
03 / The Outcome
Syrian security forces expelled Assadist militants from seized suburbs and restored control over major coastal roadways by 10 March. During and after the operation, over 1,000 Alawites were killed by government and allied forces in alleged massacres, with some observers characterizing the killings as genocide. The clashes underscored the fragility of post-civil-war stability in Syria's coastal Alawite regions.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Suhayl al-Hasan, Ghiath Dalla, Miqdad Fatiha.
Side B
1 belligerent
Mustafa Kneifati.
Kinetic Engagement Axis
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