Gunmen in uniforms kill six, including child, in Syria's Tartus

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
31 Mar 2025 18:02
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Earlier, villagers had discovered 11 bodies dumped in the Jubur River in Tartus countryside—victims of the massacres that swept Syria's coastal region in early March.

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Picture circulating on social media shows the bodies of six civilians that were massacred in the village of Harf Bnimrah. (X, @1ahmadslman)

Local sources informed Al Mayadeen on Monday that six people were killed and others wounded in a new massacre carried out by armed assailants in the countryside of Tartus, western Syria.

According to details, gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed the village of Harf Bnimrah in Tartus's Baniyas district, abducted the village's mukhtar (local leader), his son, and four other men, and summarily executed them before fleeing.

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مجزره في قرية حرف بنمرة في بانياس استشهد فيها 6 أشخاص

خرج ملثمون يتبعون للامن العام كانوا في نقطة الديسنة التي لا تبعد سوى 100 متر من القرية وقصدوا أول بيت في القرية حيث استقبلهم صاحبه وقدم لهم ضيافة العيد. وسألوه عن المختار وعندما قدم المختار وقبل أي كلام بداوا… pic.twitter.com/y9OYzJH6xV
— AHMAD SLMAN (@1ahmadslman) March 31, 2025

Earlier, villagers had discovered 11 bodies dumped in the Jubur River in Tartus countryside—victims of the massacres that swept Syria's coastal region in early March.

Days prior, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) documented 72 killings across Syria within 24 hours, part of a wave of assassinations targeting civilians and soldiers alike.

Meanwhile, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), citing Lebanese authorities and the Lebanese Red Cross, reported over 21,000 Syrians displaced to Lebanon due to surge in violence in western Syria's coastal areas this March.