The violent clashes, which erupted Thursday, are some of the deadliest since Syria's conflict began 14 years ago, and marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government.

Most of the dead are civilians who were members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite sect

A war monitoring group says the death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, including nearly 750 civilians, making...

The death toll from 2 days of clashes between Syrian forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad has risen to more than 1,000

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in addition to 745 civilians killed, mostly in shootings from close distance, 125 government security force members and 148 militants with armed groups affiliated with Assad were killed.

Death toll revised from 340, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Over 1,000 dead in Syria clashes, including civilians, security forces, and militants, marking a deadly escalation in violence.