Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down.
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A Syrian boy stands under a giant portrait of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad painted over with the colors of the"revolutionary" flag, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government stands on guard at a security checkpoint, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government patrols an area near to a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. A damaged image depicting the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, is seen on a window of the Police headquarters in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government checks the ID of a driver at a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
In response, security forces launched raids “pursuing the remnants of Assad's militias," state media reported. The state-run SANA news agency reported late Thursday that clashes broke out in the village of Balqasa in a rural part of Homs province. “We had been given the idea that there would be slaughter and killing based on our identity, and nothing like that happened,” he said. “We came back, and nobody asked to see my ID from the coast to Homs.”
“We had a very beautiful holiday even though there was some anxiety before it,” said Fayrouzeh resident Sarab Kashi. “The guys from HTS volunteered and stood as guards on the door of the churches.”
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