Syrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of arrests in sweeps mostly targeting neighbourhoods of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community.

Syria’s new security forces have deployed in tanks in the city of Homs to search for militia members and former soldiers loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad who have refused to surrender their weapons.

Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down.

Interim Syrian government forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) set up roadblocks on Monday in Alawite districts in the central city of Homs, residents said, as a campaign intensified to capture regime remnants,

Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham killed two people on Sunday in Syria's Alawite areas in the central governorate of Homs, residents said. A municipal worker said two locals were killed in an HTS raid on Al Fukani village near the provincial capital of Homs.

Syrian forces arrested over 40 suspected regime officials in Homs, including one responsible for the cameras at the notorious Sednaya prison

Damascus residents stand guard outside shops and homes armed with light weapons often supplied by Syria's new rulers, eager to fill the security vacuum that followed the recent takeover.

Syria's state media announced a five-day operation in Homs city ended on Monday, targeting "weapons depots" and arresting "criminals.

The situation continues to deteriorate in the Valley of the Christians in Syria's Homs Governorate, with reports emerging that HTS militants are harassing

The top diplomats from Germany and France are in Syria to send what the German minister called a clear signal that a “political new beginning” between Europe and Syria is

Operations Department completes combing of Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood in Homs after arresting dozens of former regime elements.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 50 people, including several children, across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hitting Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.