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.

Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa scrambled on Sunday (March 9) to contain some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers.

The fighting presents a major test for Syria's new government as it tries to unite a diverse and deeply divided country after more than 13 years of civil war.

Syrian war monitor says more than a thousand people have been killed during days of fighting between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad. The violence erupted on Thursday across the Latakia and Tartus provinces,

By Jaidaa Taha and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa called for peace on Sunday after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war,

Syrian interim president Ahmed Sharaa urged unity on Sunday following deadly communal violence that erupted in coastal areas, marking the worst bloodshed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Speaking at a mosque in

Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa on Sunday called for peace after many people were killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers.

Syria’s coastal regions have descended into chaos as fierce fighting erupted at the Banias gas power plant, just hours after interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa urged for peace amid escalating communal violence that has killed over 1,