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LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 08: The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)

LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 08: The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 08: The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)

LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 08: The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 08: The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)

LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 08: The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 07: Black smoke rises as authorities extended the curfew in the cities of Latakia and Tartus in northwest Syria on Friday and launched large-scale security sweeps in urban centers, villages, and surrounding mountains to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulvacit Haci Isteyfi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 07: Black smoke rises as authorities extended the curfew in the cities of Latakia and Tartus in northwest Syria on Friday and launched large-scale security sweeps in urban centers, villages, and surrounding mountains to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria. This decision was made in response to recent security tensions in the coastal region, which saw former regime elements attack security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties. (Photo by Abdulvacit Haci Isteyfi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 07: The Syrian army sends reinforcements, including tanks, armored vehicles, and rocket launchers, to Latakia and Tartus as search operations against the ousted regime forces expand following an attack on security forces in Latakia province of Syria on March 07, 2025. (Photo by Izettin Kasim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

LATAKIA, SYRIA - MARCH 07: The Syrian army sends reinforcements, including tanks, armored vehicles, and rocket launchers, to Latakia and Tartus as search operations against the ousted regime forces expand following an attack on security forces in Latakia province of Syria on March 07, 2025. (Photo by Izettin Kasim/Anadolu via Getty Images)