Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast this weekend, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed nearly 750 civilians ...

Social media videos published since Thursday apparently show extensive casualties among both Syrian security forces and young men in civilian clothing. One video showed several men lying dead ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported ... The Observatory and activists released footage showing dozens of bodies in civilian clothing piled outside a house, with blood stains nearby ...