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Dead bodies pile up on the streets of Syria as violence continues to spread
Relatives and neighbours mourn during the funeral procession for four Syrian security force members killed in clashes with loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad in coastal Syria, in the village of al-Janoudiya, west of Idlib, March 8, 2025
A WAVE of violence continued to spread across Syria on Sunday as areas loyal to the former president were left with dead bodies piling up on the streets.
Hundreds have reportedly fled their homes in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus with locals reporting the mass killings of men, women and children as well as widespread looting.
There are reports of bodies piled up around the streets of the predominantly Alawite neighbourhood of Hai al-Kusour in the coastal city of Banias.
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention