White Helmets Response in Latakia and Tartus – Tuesday, March 11
For the sixth consecutive day, White Helmets teams have continued their humanitarian mission, responding to distress calls, extinguishing fires, providing medical assistance, recovering victims' bodies, and delivering life-saving services. These efforts are taking place amid the ongoing crisis in Latakia and Tartus, ensuring emergency response while adhering to humanitarian principles and team safety protocols.
This report covers White Helmets response on Tuesday, March 11, and includes only documented operations carried out by our teams.
Recovery of Victims' Bodies
On Tuesday, March 11, White Helmets teams recovered 26 bodies:
- 9 bodies from the city of Baniyas in Tartus province.
- 17 bodies from rural Latakia.
These figures reflect only the bodies recovered and documented by The White Helmets. The operations were conducted in coordination with local authorities following reports on their locations. Each body was officially documented before being transported to hospitals and handed over to forensic authorities.
Evacuation of Civilians
- Five families were evacuated from Baniyas, Tartus.
- One family was evacuated from Jableh, Latakia.
All evacuations were conducted upon the families’ requests and in coordination with their chosen destinations.
Fire Response
White Helmets firefighting teams responded to:
- Two forest fires
- One agricultural fire
All fires were contained, and damages were limited to material losses.
Medical Assistance
Emergency response teams handled 34 medical cases, including:
- Follow-ups on injured individuals.
- Inter-hospital patient transfers.
- Routine emergency medical assistance.
Emergency Water Supply
Due to water service disruptions, White Helmets teams provided emergency water supplies to essential facilities:
In Latakia:
- 2 hospitals
- 2 bakeries
- 6 mosques
- 2 university dormitories
- 12 other public facilities
In Jableh:
- 1 bakery
- 3 public facilities
Additional Operations
White Helmets teams also carried out essential support tasks, including:
- Clearing blocked roads.
- Removing burned or abandoned vehicles to ensure residents' movement.
- Repositioning concrete barriers in accordance with traffic regulations.
- Assisting volunteer teams in garbage collection efforts in Tartus.
Commitment to Humanitarian Response
Despite the extraordinary challenges in Latakia and Tartus, The White Helmets remain committed to its humanitarian mission. Since Sunday, March 9, additional emergency, medical, and firefighting teams have been deployed to enhance response efforts and support civilians in need.
We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to saving lives and assisting communities with neutrality and without discrimination. We will continue to explore every possible means to provide aid to Syrians. Our pledge remains—to rescue lives and provide critical support to those in need.
We stand in solidarity with civilians in conflict-affected areas and offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of innocent victims. We also extend our condolences to the families of fallen members of the Internal Security Forces and the army who sacrificed their lives for Syria’s unity and the safety of its people.
At the same time, we emphasize the urgent need to uphold human rights and call for the accountability of those responsible for crimes and violations against Syrians over the past 14 years—including killings, torture, displacement, starvation, and the recent atrocities in Latakia and Tartus.
