Documenting the Black March 2025 Massacres · Tartous & Lattakia
Memorializing the Massacres
of the Coast
Documenting the victims and massacres of Black March 2025 in the coastal region. Honoring the martyrs and documenting the truth.
26,000+
Refugees in Lebanon from Black March Massacres
Affected Areas
Massacre Areas
Tartous
Baniyas
March 7-9, 2025
Between March 7 and 9, 2025, armed groups swept through Baniyas — a port city on the Mediterranean coast — in …
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Tartous
Khirbet al-Qabu
March 2025
As HTS factions swept through the Baniyas countryside in March 2025, the small Alawite village of Khirbet al-Q…
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Lattakia
Jableh
March 6-11, 2025
From March 6 to 11, 2025, Jableh and its surrounding countryside were subjected to a sustained campaign of kil…
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Lattakia
Al-Mukhtariya
March 7, 2025
On March 7, 2025, extremist factions operating under the new military leadership descended on Al-Mukhtariya an…
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Lattakia
Sonobar
March 2025
Sonobar — named for the pine forests covering its hills — sits in the Jableh countryside. Stone houses, agricu…
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Lattakia
Qardaha
March 2025
Qardaha sits high in the Lattakia mountains, and for centuries that elevation had offered its communities some…
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Lattakia
Al-Dautor
March 6-10, 2025
On March 7, armed groups raided the Al-Dautor neighbourhood of Lattakia city, killing 65 civilians and leaving…
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Lattakia
Al-Haffa
March 2025
What the video evidence from Al-Haffa captured is not the chaos of combat. It is the cold geometry of a mass e…
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Lattakia
Qarfis
March 6-11, 2025
Between March 6 and 11, 2025, the village of Qarfis in the Lattakia countryside was subjected to a five-day as…
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Lattakia
Shalfatiya
March 8, 2025
On March 8, 2025, Al-Shalfatiya in the Lattakia countryside became the site of a massacre documented in part t…
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Lattakia
Brabshbo
March 2025
Brabshbo is a farming village in the Lattakia countryside, a community whose life was built around its olive g…
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Lattakia
Shrifa
March 7, 2025
The massacre in Shrifa on March 7, 2025, did not arrive without warning. In the weeks before, religious platfo…
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Lattakia
Daliya
March 6, 2025
The events in Daliya show how a minor local incident was transformed — deliberately — into a pretext for overw…
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Lattakia
Al-Rasafa
March 7, 2025
The attack on Al-Rasafa on March 7, 2025, is among the most thoroughly documented atrocities of the coastal ca…
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Tartous
Al-Hattaniya
March 9, 2025
On the evening of March 9, 2025, residents of Al-Hattaniya heard the armed groups advancing and made the only …
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Tartous
Al-Maydan
March 2025
The attack on Al-Maydan began with artillery bombardment — a show of force intended to terrorise and disorient…
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Tartous
Hreisoun
March 10, 2025
On March 10, 2025, forces affiliated with the Jolani regime stormed Hreisoun, a small Alawite village in the B…
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Lattakia
Al-Alamein
March 2025
A massacre unfolded over two consecutive days in the village of Al-Alamein in the southern Hama countryside, n…
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Lattakia
Bustan al-Basha & Sonobar
March 2025
Reports confirmed that HTS militants took victims from the areas of Bustan al-Basha and Sonobar and buried the…
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Lattakia
Al-Bustan
March 2025
The village of Al-Bustan lies in the Masyaf countryside of Hama, well inland from the coast that drew most int…
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Lattakia
Batisa
March 2025
After midnight, when the village of Batisa in the western Homs countryside was asleep, gangs operating under t…
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Lattakia
Aseila
March 2025
In the village of Aseila in the Hama countryside, an unarmed Alawite civilian man was summarily executed. He c…
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Lattakia
Al-Tuweim
March 2025
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organisation carried out a massacre in Al-Tuweim, a village in the western Hama count…
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Lattakia
Salhab
March 7, 2025
On March 7, 2025, armed factions entered Salhab in the western Hama countryside as part of the broader offensi…
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Tartous
Barmaya
March 2025
In Barmaya, a village in the Tartous countryside, HTS militants killed unarmed Alawite civilians. What followe…
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Lattakia
Al-Ramela
March 2025
A video emerges from Al-Ramela, a village in the Jableh countryside. The man holding the camera is walking. Hi…
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Tartous
Al-Qadmus
March 2025
Armed factions entered Al-Qadmus as part of the coordinated offensive that swept through Tartous governorate i…
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Tartous
Hammam Wasel
March 9, 2025
On March 9, 2025, military groups raided Hammam Wasel, a village known for its natural setting in the Tartous …
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Rights Record
Human Rights Articles on the Coastal Massacres
March 2025
Syria: Horrific Killings of Civilians on Northwest Coast Must Be Investigated
Initial statement issued immediately after events, calling for civilian protection and cessation of ongoing violations on the Syrian coast.
March 2025
Source: Amnesty International
April 2025
Syria: Coastal Massacres of Alawite Civilians Must Be Investigated as War Crimes
Documents the killing of more than 100 people in Baniyas between March 8–9, based on 32 documented cases concluded to be deliberate and sectarian. Armed men were asking victims about their sect before executing them.
April 2025
Source: Amnesty International
March 10, 2025
Syria: End Coastal Killing Spree, Protect Civilians
Initial field report documenting summary executions and grave violations against Alawite communities in Latakia, Tartous, and Hama. Reveals that battalions affiliated with the Syrian National Army bear responsibility for most killings.
March 10, 2025
Source: Human Rights Watch
September 23, 2025
"Are You Alawi?" — Identity-Based Killings During Syria's Transition
Joint 51-page report based on over 100 interviews. Documents arbitrary executions, property destruction, and arbitrary detention, proving that crimes occurred as part of a centrally coordinated military operation by the Ministry of Defense.
September 23, 2025
Source: HRW + Syrians for Truth and Justice + Syrian Archive
March 11, 2025
803 Individuals Extrajudicially Killed Between March 6–10, 2025
Initial report documenting 803 extrajudicial killings in Latakia, Tartous, and Hama governorates, including 39 children and 49 women. Calls for an independent UN investigation.
March 11, 2025
Source: Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR)
June 2025
Syria: Arbitrary and Extrajudicial Killings Target Civilians Ahead of Coastal Violence
Documents summary executions targeting Alawites in Homs and Hama villages since January 2025, weeks before the March massacres, pointing to a systematic pattern predating the major events.
June 2025
Source: Syrians for Truth and Justice
October 2025
"Left to Their Fate": Grave Violations Against Alawites Following the Coastal Massacres
Monitors ongoing violations between March 10 and end of June 2025 across five governorates, including kidnapping, torture, and sexual violence. Criticizes the national committee for ignoring military command responsibility.
October 2025
Source: Syrians for Truth and Justice
March 2025
Syria: Distressing Scale of Violence in Coastal Areas
UN statement confirming that entire families were killed based on their sectarian identity, based on testimonies describing home raids and victims being asked about their affiliation before being killed.
March 2025
Source: UN Human Rights (OHCHR)
August 2025
UN Syria Commission Finds March Coastal Violence Was Widespread and Systematic
Expanded report based on over 200 interviews and field visits. Finds evidence of war crimes committed by transitional government forces, documenting approximately 1,400 deaths.
August 2025
Source: UN Commission of Inquiry (COI)
August 2025
Violations Against Civilians in Coastal and West-Central Syria (January–March 2025) — Full Report (PDF)
The complete text of the official UN Independent Commission of Inquiry report, containing detailed legal analysis and recommendations.
August 2025
Source: UN Commission of Inquiry (COI)