Almost 50 people were killed in clashes between security forces and pro-Assad gunmen in Latakia, once the stronghold of the Assad family. The government has tried to play down sectarian tensions.

The Syrian armed forces, controlled by the transitional government, have sent reinforcements from the capital Damascus to Latakia amid the unrest ...

Syrian forces loyal to the new government in Damascus have engaged in heavy fighting with remnants of the ousted Assad regime ...

Deadly episodes since Assad’s downfall underscore the fragile security situation in Syria. Interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, ...

Fierce fighting between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad killed 48 people on Thursday ...

At least 16 government security personnel were killed in a coastal region that was long a stronghold of the toppled Syrian ...

Syria's coastal Latakia province witnessed armed clashes Thursday as at least 16 security personnel were killed in ...

Gunmen loyal to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad killed 16 security personnel on Thursday, a war monitor said, in attacks it described ...

Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 15 security personnel in ambushes in the coastal province of Latakia, a security source told Al Jazeera.

At least four people were killed following clashes between popular forces and elements of Tahrir al -Sham terrorist group in ...

Tensions have been particularly acute in the mountainous coastal region where the Syrian government has deployed many of its forces and where residents reported hearing heavy gunfire in several cities ...

The British government removed 24 Syrian entities from its sanctions list today, Thursday, March 6, and lifted the freezing ...