The Governor of Syria’s coastal province of Latakia on Wednesday blamed loyalists of the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime for the recent violence that erupted in Alawite-majority regions west of the country,

Syrian authorities say they have halted a military operation along the country's western coastline designed to quell a surge in violence that is reported to have claimed hundreds of lives. "We are announcing the end of the military operation

According to UK-based war monitor, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,130 people were killed in the clashes, including 830 civilians. View on euronews

A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday.

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of the 1