Violence erupts in Syria’s coastal region
A nurse points to bullet holes in a window following the recent wave of violence between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad, as well as subsequent sectarian attacks, at a hospital in the town of Jableh, in Syria’s coastal region, March 10, 2025.
Approximately a thousand people are estimated to have been killed in Syria’s coastal region after violence that followed an attack on government forces last week. Since then, members of Syria’s Alawite community have been attacked and killed. Also, economist and politician Mark Carney is named Canada’s new prime minister. And, many immigrants now fear sharing their stories in the United States. Plus, Bolivia’s administrative capital, La Paz, has the longest — and highest — cable car system in the world.
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