Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria March ...
Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria Clashes ...
Pro-Assad fighters ... to ousted President Bashar al-Assad and four civilians were also killed, it said. Fighters with Syria’s new government in Latakia on December 26. Picture: Aaref Watad ...