Syria says 14 interior ministry personnel were killed in ambush by al-Assad supporters

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An overnight curfew was imposed by Syria’s ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group after 14 members of the Syria’s interior ministry were killed in what they described as an ambush by supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

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00:00Syrian security forces launched an operation on Thursday against pro-Al-Assad militias

00:07in Tartus, according to local media. Meanwhile, in the north, thousands of people

00:12attended a funeral ceremony for six fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

00:18The major crackdown followed a deadly ambush which killed 14 police officers and wounded

00:2310 in the coastal city of Tartus. Interior Minister Mohammed Abdul Rahman promised

00:29a major crackdown on anyone who dares to undermine Syria's security on Thursday.

00:35The attack came as protests took place in several cities after a video showing the vandalizing

00:41of an Alawite shrine circulated online on Wednesday. Police had imposed curfews in multiple

00:48towns. In Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli,

00:51thousands mourned the death of six fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, killed

00:57in Manbij in clashes against Turkish-backed fighters.

01:01The SDF announced Tuesday they launched a counter-offensive against the Turkish-backed

01:06fighters.

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