DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities imposed an overnight curfew in the port city of Latakia on Tuesday after attacks in predominantly Alawite neighborhoods a day prior.

The interior ministry announced a “curfew in Latakia city, effective from 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, until 6:00 am (0300 GMT) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.”

Individuals attacked Alawite-majority neighborhoods on Monday, damaging cars and vandalising shops.

The attacks came a day after three people were killed during mass protests by the minority community that followed a bombing in Homs.

One of them was a member of Syria’s security forces, according to a security source.