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More than 600 dead in two days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria: War monitor
The New Indian Express Thrissur
|March 09, 2025
THE death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria's conflict began 14 years ago.
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The clashes, which erupted on Thursday, marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after insurgents took authority after removing Assad from power.
This story is from the March 09, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thrissur.
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