Damascus: A curfew has been introduced in the Syrian cities of Homs and Jableh amid clashes between the armed opposition that came to power in the country and local protesters, the Sham FM radio station reported on Wednesday, citing the cities’ authorities and the police.
The curfew will be in place between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. local time in Homs and between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. in Jableh, the report said.
Furthermore, a temporary curfew was imposed in the Syrian port city of Latakia from 8 p.m. on Wednesday until 8 a.m. on Thursday, Sham FM added.
A Syrian source told Sputnik that several days ago, armed men had set on fire the shrine of Alawite Sheikh Abu Abdullah Al-Hussein Al-Khasibi, who lived in the 10th century, in Aleppo, which triggered protests among the local population. Homs military administration officers opened fire on protesters, killing at least one civilian and injuring four, the source added.
Syria’s armed opposition captured Damascus on December 8. Russian officials said that Syrian President Bashar Assad stepped down after negotiations with participants in the Syrian conflict and left Syria for Russia, where he was granted asylum. Mohammed al-Bashir, who ran an Idlib-based administration formed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other opposition groups, was named interim prime minister. He later announced that an interim government had been formed and would remain in place until March 2025.
