A WAVE of violence continued to spread across Syria on Sunday as areas loyal to the former president were left with dead bodies piling up on the streets. Hundreds have reportedly fled their homes in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus with locals reporting the mass killings of men, women and children as well as widespread looting.

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Public institutions are now able ‘to resume operations and provide essential services,’ defense ministry spokesperson says - Anadolu Ajansı

Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after nearly 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow.

LATAKIA: Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al Assad, after

The recent attacks on Alawites and other minorities in Syria sparked concerns among Turkey's Alawite community.

The escalation in serious crimes across several villages and towns in the Latakia and Tartus governorates along the Syrian coast is deeply concerning

We hear shooting all around us – far away and close.” In what appears to be some of the worst violence seen in Syria since the darkest days of the civil war, around 1,000 people were killed in 30 “massacres” targeting the Alawite religious minority on the country’s west coast on Friday and Saturday,

Syrian presidency establishes commission to probe violent events that unfolded after coordinated attacks by Assad regime remnants - Anadolu Ajansı

Foreign ministers of Türkiye, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria met in Amman amid heightened violence in Syria's coastal provinces

The overnight incident in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in clashes in the coastal provinces of Syria, according to one war monitoring group.