Dozens dead in Syria after clashes between Assad loyalists and government forces
Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country's new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday.


Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country's new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday.