Ahmed Sharaa says that those responsible for these crimes will be punished, even if they are "among those closest to us". Damascus authorities announced on Monday that they have decided to "end military operations" in the regions that suffered the initial assault by insurgents loyal to the former regime,

Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed more than 500 civilians

Syrian security forces on Sunday fired in the air to disperse rival protests after pro-government demonstrators clashed with a gathering mourning dead civilians, following the reported mass killings of Alawites.

In a gripping report by Rizik Alabi for The Media Line, Syria is once again consumed by violence as fighting between pro-Assad rebels and government security forces intensifies in the coastal province of Latakia.