Rebels fighting troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad clashed with the army Monday as they advanced into the coastal
province of Latakia, a monitoring group said.
The clashes in the western province come a day after rebels seized five majority Alawite villages in the area, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
By Monday, however, the army had retaken one village, Beit al-Shakuhi, the group said.
"At least 20 rebels have been killed, as have 32 army and pro-regime militia troops over the past two days," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP news agency.
The fighting is concentrated near the mountainous Jabal al-Akrad area in northern Latakia, and rebels are also trying to advance in Jabal Turkman.
These areas are home to a mixed population of Sunnis and Alawites, "making it practically impossible to avoid the conflict there from turning sectarian", Abdel Rahman warned.
[AFP]
The clashes in the western province come a day after rebels seized five majority Alawite villages in the area, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
By Monday, however, the army had retaken one village, Beit al-Shakuhi, the group said.
"At least 20 rebels have been killed, as have 32 army and pro-regime militia troops over the past two days," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP news agency.
The fighting is concentrated near the mountainous Jabal al-Akrad area in northern Latakia, and rebels are also trying to advance in Jabal Turkman.
These areas are home to a mixed population of Sunnis and Alawites, "making it practically impossible to avoid the conflict there from turning sectarian", Abdel Rahman warned.
[AFP]
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