their combing operations in the country’s coastal region on Saturday, as a deadline for officers and soldiers from the former Assad regime to hand in their weapons passed.
Al-Watan newspaper, which is now close to the Syrian authorities, reported security sources as saying, “The deadline given to remnants of the regime to surrender their weapons ended on Saturday. Anyone who keeps their weapon after today is breaking the law.”
Al-Jazeera that the military operations administration had set up checkpoints surrounding the Russian Hemeimim military base in Tartous province. Russia was a key backer of the deposed Assad regime.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the purpose of the checkpoints was to search cars entering and leaving the base, after reports that officers of the former regime had fled to the Russian base.
SANA news agency reported that some regime officers had been detained near the coastal city of Latakia.
coastal town of Banias on Saturday, in order to capture elements associated with the Assad regime.
14 Syrian police officers were killed in Tartous in an ambush by suspected regime loyalists.
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