Over 1,300 people have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, according to a war monitor, in a serious challenge to the country’s new rulers.

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,

At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new administration seek to crush loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

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

Foreign ministers of Türkiye, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria met in Amman amid heightened violence in Syria’s coastal provinces - Anadolu Ajansı

Germany's foreign ministry urged Syria's transitional government to halt recent violence and investigate clashes between Assad loyalists and new rulers, resulting in over 1,000 deaths. The ministry condemns the violence in Tartus,

In a statement Sunday, the Union of Spiritual Leaders of Christian Churches emphasized that there is no situation requiring special precautions and urged the public not to give credence to such rumors. The statement noted that churches remain ready to assist those in need, as they always have.

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