section_path: Violence and massacres/March/14 March
section_name: 14 March
paragraph_text: 14 March
  
  On 14 March, SOHR reported 24 civilians killed in two massacres in Latakia and Tartus Governorates, increasing its reported number of deaths from sectarian killings since 6 March to 1,500. SOHR said three civilians were killed in field executions after being seized at the Mawana security checkpoint along a road between Safita and Tartus. It said one of those killed had been conscripted into Syria's compulsory military service four months prior to the fall of Assad's regime, and had been one of the former soldiers who made a legal settlement with the government.
  
  The United Nations Population Fund reported that all life-saving reproductive health facilities and gender-based violence centers had been shut down in the coastal regions due to the regional instability. It also reported that due to widespread curfews and restrictions on entering the coastal regions, all humanitarian missions in the area and attempts to aid displaced families had to be suspended.