Syrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of arrests in sweeps mostly targeting neighbourhoods of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community.

Syria's state media announced a five-day operation in Homs city ended on Monday, targeting "weapons depots" and arresting "criminals.

Interim Syrian government forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) set up roadblocks on Monday in Alawite districts in the central city of Homs, residents said, as a campaign intensified to capture regime remnants,

Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down.

The targets were reportedly "war criminals and those involved in crimes but also "hidden ammunition and weapons".

Syria's Military Operations Command, which overthrew the country's former Baath regime, has launched a “security operation” in central Homs province, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported on Thursday.

The forces over the past few weeks have raided and arrested security officials who they said worked under Assad's notorious web of intelligence and security branches

Shuja al-Ali Ali killed in fighting which led to deaths of 2 security personnel, left 10 others wounded - Anadolu Ajansı

Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham killed two people on Sunday in Syria's Alawite areas in the central governorate of Homs, residents said. A municipal worker said two locals were killed in an HTS raid on Al Fukani village near the provincial capital of Homs.

Syrian forces arrested over 40 suspected regime officials in Homs, including one responsible for the cameras at the notorious Sednaya prison

The rebels’ path to victory is littered with evidence of Syria’s defeated military. It also reflects the sizable task of trying to put the country back together.