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, the city of Baniyas witnessed one of the most harrowing massacres of the post-Ass…
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Lattakia
Jableh
March 6-11, 2025
From March 6 to 11, 2025, Jableh and its rural surroundings became a theater for intense sectarian violence. T…
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Lattakia
Al-Mukhtariya
March 7, 2025
On March 7, 2025, extremist groups supported by the new military leadership entered the village of Al-Mukhtari…
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Lattakia
Sonobar
March 2025
During the wave of violence that swept through the Lattakia countryside in March 2025, the town of Sonobar was…
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Lattakia
Qardaha
March 2025
Qardaha and its mountainous highlands experienced a brutal military campaign in March 2025. An estimated 150 m…
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Lattakia
Lattakia
March 6-10, 2025
The Lattakia governorate saw a systematic pattern of sectarian targeting that peaked in early March 2025. In t…
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Lattakia
Qarfis
March 6-11, 2025
Surviving residents of Qarfis documented the entrance of heavy armor and armed vehicles into the village betwe…
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Lattakia
Shalfatiya
March 8, 2025
In the village of Al-Shalfatiya in the Latakia countryside, a horrific massacre occurred on March 8, 2025.…
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Lattakia
Brabshbo
March 2025
In Brabshbo, 44 civilians, many of them women and children, were martyred in a coordinated raid that targeted …
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Lattakia
Shrifa
March 7, 2025
The village of Shrifa was targeted on March 7, 2025, following a campaign of sectarian incitement launched fro…
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Lattakia
Daliya
March 6, 2025
Daliya initially witnessed civil unrest following the arrest of local civilians in early March 2025. This esca…
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Lattakia
Al-Rasafa
March 7, 2025
The attack on Al-Rasafa on March 7, 2025, was one of the most brutal documented in the "Sectarian Cleansing" r…
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Tartous
Al-Hattaniya
March 9, 2025
On the evening of March 9, 2025, Al-Hattaniya became a site of systematic destruction. After residents fled to…
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Tartous
Al-Maydan
March 2025
Initial artillery bombardment of Al-Maydan in mid-March 2025 was followed by targeted executions of local comm…
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Tartous
Hammam Wasel
March 9, 2025
On March 9, 2025, Hammam Wasel was raided by military groups that carried out execution-style killings. Among …
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Rights Record
Human Rights Articles on the Coastal Massacres
March 12, 2025
Amnesty International: Urgent investigation into Baniyas executions
Amnesty International has called for an immediate and independent international investigation into the summary executions of over 100 civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas. Witnesses described armed groups raiding homes and martyring residents based on their religious identity. "The international community cannot remain silent while such atrocities are being committed," said the regional director.
March 12, 2025
Source: Amnesty International
March 17, 2025
Rights Reports: Documenting 1,557 Civilian Martyrs in the Coast
Human rights monitoring groups have released a detailed report documenting the martyrdom of 1,557 civilians in the Tartous and Lattakia governorates between March 6 and March 17, 2025. The report highlights systematic targeting of towns like Jableh, Al-Mukhtariya, and Qardaha, noting that the vast majority of martyrs were unarmed civilians executed in their homes or while attempting to flee.
March 17, 2025
Source: Rights Watch Group
March 20, 2025
Human Rights Watch: Sectarian Cleansing in the Coastal Mountains
A new report by Human Rights Watch warns of "sectarian cleansing" patterns in the coastal mountain regions. The report documents the systematic displacement and martyrdom of Alawite families in villages around Lattakia and Tartous. HRW interviewed over 50 survivors who provided harrowing accounts of organized attacks on civilian populations.
March 20, 2025
Source: Human Rights Watch
March 25, 2025
UN Commission of Inquiry: Reports of Massacres are Credible
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry stated that reports of massacres in the coastal regions are credible and constitute potential crimes against humanity. The commission urged for humanitarian access to the affected areas and the protection of vulnerable minority populations being targeted in the recent wave of martyrs and violence.
March 25, 2025
Source: United Nations