When it became fairly certain that former Syrian president Bashar Al Assad's regime was doomed in the first week of December, cars carrying hundreds of people clogged the main motorway from the centre of the country to the coast.

Assad’s fall, at least 64 kidnappings and executions have been recorded in Homs, a major city in central Syria. Most victims are Alawites, the religious minority tied to the Assad family.

Fierce clashes over the past two days between security forces under Syria’s new Islamist government and gunmen belonging to the country’s Alawite religious minority killed scores of people, marking the most widespread violence since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Video posted to social media shows violence in Homs, Syria. Fighters linked to Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces in Homs on March 6.

Homs, SANA-With the coming of the holy month of Ramadan, Homs markets are witnessing active movement by citizens who seek to secure their needs and requirements in light of the availability of all kinds of goods and a noticeable decrease in their prices compared to last year.

TASS/. The authorities have announced a curfew in the Syrian province of Homs amid clashes between the Syrian transitional government’s security forces and supporters of the country’s former ...