Syria's leader vowed on Sunday (March 9) to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers and said he would hold to account anyone who overstepped their authority.

By Jaidaa Taha and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa called for peace on Sunday after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war,

Syrian war monitor says more than a thousand people have been killed during days of fighting between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad. The violence erupted on Thursday across the Latakia and Tartus provinces,

A complete power outage hit Latakia province in western Syria near the Mediterrean following damage caused by attacks from remnants of the former regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

Outstanding issues between Damascus, the armed Druze groups, and the SDF can likely be resolved through protracted negotiations and mutual willingness to compromise.