Syria’s central government has signed a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast. It’s a major breakthrough for Interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa. It comes as the defence ministry says it’s completed its operation against supporters of ousted president Bashar Al-Assad in his coastal heartland.

Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after nearly 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow.

Members of the Syrian security forces stand guard on a street in the coastal city of Jableh, Latakia

According to a Syrian war monitor, the latest executions in Latakia is among the highest death tolls in the war-torn country since 2011. Most of the civilians belonged to the minority Islamic Alawite

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since last Thursday in what rights groups describe as some of the worst atrocities

The government of Syria says it has ended an operation in the coastal governorates of Latakia and Tartous after four days of fighting between security forces and pro-Assad armed fighters. The unrest came only three months after the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in an offensive by opposition fighters.

The announcement comes as the fighting between pro-Assad militias and members of the security forces killed more than 1,000 people, majority of whom are civilians, amid reports of rights violations.

Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were a threat to his mission to unite the country, and promised to punish those responsible,

ALBAWABA- At least 15 General Security personnel were killed in Syria on Thursday after armed groups loyal to the ousted regime ambushed security forces

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian army sends reinforcements to Latakia and Tartus provinces, including hundreds of vehicles equipped with tanks, armored personnel carriers, and multiple rocket launchers - Anadolu Ajansı

At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new administration seek to crush loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).