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.

Though ravaged by over a decade of civil war, Syria still had much to offer. It was “dark tourism”, he said. However, now, there’s hope for actually making something of his dream. Earlier in December,

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.

Syria's interim government is facing difficulty in rebuilding the nation one month after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

SANA news agency cites a military official saying rebels who ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad had set up centers in Homs for soldiers and militants to turn in their arms in process carried ou

Video. The Syrian civil war has caused widespread devastation in parts of Homs, turning it into a barren and lifeless city.

The targets were reportedly "war criminals and those involved in crimes but also "hidden ammunition and weapons".

DAMASCUS: Syrian security forces are conducting an operation in Homs city, state media reported on Thursday, with a monitor saying it targeted

Shuja al-Ali Ali killed in fighting which led to deaths of 2 security personnel, left 10 others wounded - Anadolu Ajansı

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops in an "ambush" in the west of the country. They say 10 other troops were wounded in the fighting on Tuesday near the Mediterranean port of Tartous, a stronghold of Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect.

Sana, the state-run Syrian news agency, reported Saturday that “a number of remnants of the Assad militias” were arrested in the coastal Latakia region in western Syria.