Gunmen have ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town leaving at least 13 security members dead and many wounded, a ...

Almost 50 people were killed in clashes between security forces and pro-Assad gunmen in Latakia, once the stronghold of the Assad family. The government has tried to play down sectarian tensions.

The Syrian armed forces, controlled by the transitional government, have sent reinforcements from the capital Damascus to Latakia amid the unrest ...