Syrian security forces are seen on the Tartous-Latakia highway in Latakia province, northwestern Syria, on March 7, 2025.

Armed men started heading en masse to Latakia and Tartous on Thursday night after reports of attacks by Assad loyalists ...

Clashes between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 311 ...

Syria's coast is home to its Alawite minority ... The ABC was able to enter the coastal city of Tartous on Sunday, where some of the fighting began. Driving north towards the coast, the highway ...

The cries for revenge reached fever pitch on March 6. Dozens of messages posted by various armed factions on social media, ...

In the worst outbreak of unrest since Syria’s transitional government took power, hundreds of people have been killed or ...

Hundreds of people, including over 125 civilians, have been killed along Syria s Mediterranean coast in what authorities ...

A curfew was also announced in Latakia and in the coastal city of Tartous. Syria’s Mediterranean coastal regions have emerged as one of the main security challenges for interim President Ahmed ...

A US-sanctioned tanker laden with more than 1m barrels of Russian oil appears headed for Syria. TankerTrackers flagged the 158,574-dwt Sabina (built 2011) as carrying crude oil to the Middle East ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has launched an investigation into the deadly clashes in Latakia and Tartous, ...

The clashes broke out Thursday in the Latakia and Tartous regions on the Mediterranean coast, areas where support among Syrian Alawites for Assad was strong and which has seen outbreaks of ...

The latest surge in violence highlights the challenges Syria’s new regime faces in appeasing disenfranchised groups, especially those that remain heavily armed. Latakia and Tartous on the ...