Around 14 March 2025 (week of), the bodies of three civilians with gunshot marks were found on Safita-Tartous road in Tartous countryside after they were stopped on Al Mi'wana checkpoint and killed by police forces few days ago. The young men had signed a reconciliation agreement after the fall of the former regime. 3 fatalities.

Syria Tartus Region Civilian Attack Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary Around March 14, 2025, an incident occurred on the Safita-Tartus road in Syria's Tartus province where 3 civilians were killed by police gunfire. Young people who had signed reconciliation agreements after the previous regime's collapse were killed at a checkpoint, representing a high-risk incident demonstrating unstable security conditions following the regime change.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Mediterranean coastal logistics network instability: Tartus is Syria's major Mediterranean port city, and deteriorating security on inland connecting roads in the region negatively impacts port accessibility
• Increased overland transport risk in the Levant region: The Safita-Tartus road is a major transport route connecting central Syria with coastal areas, and civilian killings at checkpoints create factors for transport companies to avoid operations
• Governance vacuum following regime change: Public authority violence against reconciliation agreement signatories suggests limitations in the new government's control capacity, raising concerns about overall business environment deterioration
• Spread of political instability in Middle East region: Deteriorating internal security in Syria could potentially reduce confidence in logistics networks across the entire region including neighboring Lebanon and Jordan

3) Watch points

• Tartus port operations status: Need to track the actual impact of deteriorating security on port access roads on maritime logistics hub functions
• Syrian new government security control capacity: Monitor occurrence of additional violent incidents during reconciliation agreement implementation and government response capabilities