Syrian forces loyal to the new government in Damascus have engaged in heavy fighting with remnants of the ousted Assad regime in a coastal area in the country's north-west. At least 13 soldiers have been killed in the clashes in Latakia province,

At least 13 members of Syria’s newly formed security forces were killed on Thursday in an ambush by militants linked to ousted leader Bashar Al Assad in the coastal region of Jableh, near Latakia, government-aligned Syria TV reported.

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

War monitor describes clashes in coastal province of Latakia as 'the most violent' since former regime was toppled, with new authorities reportedly launching helicopter strikes

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

Deadly episodes since Assad’s downfall underscore the fragile security situation in Syria. Interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, whose Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham group led an Islamist uprising against Assad, has been trying to prevent violence in the war-torn country by seizing all weapons and dissolving armed factions.

Under the HTS administration, hundreds of factories and plants have been closed across multiple provinces in Syria, driven by a lack of security, electricity shortages, and illegal imports, a new report reveals.

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children scavenge in dumpsters for food. Men pull copper wire from buildings and telecoms cables to sell. The government is broke and banks are running out of cash. “The economy is tanking,” says one of Mr Sharaa’s advisers.

As theMiddle East that is completley reconfigured, the time has come for the Druze community, scattered between Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, to make choices. Hostile to a new Islamist gover

On February 25th, the Israeli airforce bombed military targets in the town of Kisweh, 20 miles south of Damascus

Russia has sought a rapprochement with Syria’s new rulers, including with an injection of cash for Syria’s central bank.

The interim government in Damascus has begun receiving over 15,000 barrels of oil daily and as much as one million cubic meters of natural gas from Kurdish-controlled fields in the northeast, an official told Rudaw on Saturday.