Rebuilding Security in New Syria: Year 2, Week 29
Tracking the spread of new security forces and security incidents in post-Assad Syria from June 22 to June 28
Announcements of security deployments mostly in western Syria, with an emphasis on the minority regions. This weekly update is intended to provide base level data for more holistic research into the rebuilding of the security and governance structures of post-Assad Syria. Direct links to primary sources are provided throughout.
Security forces continue to arrest regime-era officers and soldiers across the country, publicly announcing on average at least one arrest a day. As throughout this month, many of these arrests have targeted Sunni regime members, especially in Dara’a where there has been a noticeable uptick in June. At the same time, vigilante attacks are once again rising across the country, targeting both Sunni and Alawi ex-regime members. At least six men were killed in such attacks in Damascus city, rural Hama, rural Homs, and Idlib.
Two serious shootings also occurred this week targeting minority families. A very rare triple homicide left three members of one family dead and two other seriously injured in rural Latakia. In rural Hama, three Sunni men were arrested after doing a targeted drive-by shooting of a Murshdi family over a land dispute.