More than 700 civilians of the Alawite religious minority have been killed, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.

Khalidi CAIRO/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa called for peace on Sunday after hundreds were killed in coastal areas in the worst communal violence since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,

GRAPHIC CONTENTCrowds of Syrians protested in the capital Damascus on Sunday, demanding an end to an outbreak of deadly violence that has killed many civilians.:: March 7, 2025It came as clashes continued for a fourth day in the coastal heartland of deposed president Bashar al-Assad,