Through a statement, UNHCR confirmed that since early March, the violence in Syria’s western coastal region has led to a daily and sustained increase in the flow of displaced people to northern Lebanon.

Amid this scenario, sources confirmed to the pan-Arab network Al Mayadeen the postponement of the visit of Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa and his security delegation to Damascus at the request of the Syrian side.

The multiplatform itself disclosed that the cases of kidnapping against members of the Alawite community increased on the roads of Syrian coastal towns and villages, with an average of 20 incidents per day per governorate.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 31 civilians were killed over the past 24 hours at the hands of Defense Ministry and General Security elements in the provinces of Tartus, Latakia, Homs and Hama.

The UK-based monitoring center documented two massacres on March 14 in the cities of Latakia and Tartus, in which 24 people were killed, all belonging to the Alawite community.

The facility also recorded several massacres in Tartus, Latakia, Hama and Homs on March 13, where 93 citizens, all Alawites, were killed.

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