More than 1,000 people, including 745 mostly Alawite civilians, were killed in clashes between Syrian security forces and remnants linked to ousted President Bashar al-Assad, and a wave of sectarian-fuelled revenge killings across the coastal area,

BEIRUT: The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday,

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, including 750 civilians,

Damascus: The death toll from recent clashes in Syria's coastal region has risen to 1,018, including 745 civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The figure marks a sharp increase from earlier reports.

A war monitor says that clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country’s coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and the area outside

The fighters stormed several villages near the country's coast, killing dozens of men believed to be linked to the regime of former President Bashar Assad. View on euronews