March 2025 Western Syria clashes

March 2025 Western Syria clashes were a phase of the Western Syria clashes, which followed the fall of the Assad regime and end of the Syrian civil war. On 6 March, there was a "large and coordinated" ambush by Assad loyalist insurgents at the town of Jableh near the city of Latakia. The Syrian Armed Forces launched a counter-insurgency operation, which ended on 10 March. During and after this operation, over 1,000 Alawites were killed by government and allied forces in a series of massacres that have been alleged to constitute genocide.

The insurgent assaults against the government forces, which were launched by Assadist militant groups loyal to Ba'athist military commanders Suhayl al-Hasan, Ghiath Dalla and Miqdad Fatiha, targeted government buildings, checkpoints, hospitals and medical facilities. On 6 March, Assadist insurgents briefly seized control of suburbs of Jableh, Baniyas and villages surrounding Assad family's hometown of Qardaha. Nearly 400 Syrian security personnel and dozens of civilians were killed in the attacks by pro-Assad insurgent groups across Western Syria.

Mustafa Kneifati, a security official in the Syrian caretaker government, described the assaults as "a well-planned and premeditated" onslaught launched by Assad regime remnants and stated that there were numerous killed and injured among government forces. Syrian government responded by sending re-inforcements to the coastal cities and announcing curfews in Latakia and Tartous regions. In the subsequent counter-insurgency operations, Syrian security forces expelled Assadist militants from the suburbs of Jableh, Baniyas and re-established control of major roadways in coastal region.