Syrian state television reported that it was not yet known what the attacker's motives were. Citing a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she added that Security measures have been increased across the country to protect New Year celebrations. Additional patrols were deployed in public places and gathering places.
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Syrian television emphasized that increased precautions have been in force throughout the country in the last week in connection with the celebration of Christmas and the welcome of the New Year.
Last Friday, at least 18 people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Shiite Alawite sect in the city of Homs, in the central part of the country. In protest against this act of violence on Sunday, in the places of greatest concentration of Alawites, on the Mediterranean coast, there were clashes between the followers of this trend and Sunnis, which were dispersed by the security forces.
