IDLIB, SYRIA - MARCH 7, 2025: Security forces aligned with Syria’s new government deployed from Idlib to Latakia on Friday, March 7, as part of military operations against remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s forces.Sixteen members of the General Security Administration were killed or wounded Thursday in rural Latakia, northwestern Syria, following attacks by armed groups described as remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.While SANA did not provide an official casualty count, the Syrian Observatory published a report confirming 16 casualties without offering further details.Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, military authorities have opened reconciliation centers for former regime loyalists to surrender their weapons. However, some factions have refused to comply, leading to clashes in multiple provinces.Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party’s regime, which had been in power since 1963.Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led anti-regime forces to oust Assad, was declared president for a transitional period on Jan. 29.