Syria’s new security forces have deployed in tanks in the city of Homs to search for militia members and former soldiers loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad who have refused to surrender their weapons.

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 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.

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,

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.

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

Syrian security forces are conducting an operation in Homs city, state media reported on Thursday, with a monitor saying it targeted two districts that are home to the Alawite minority of toppled president Bashar al-Assad.

Operations Department completes combing of Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood in Homs after arresting dozens of former regime elements.

DAMASCUS: Syrian security forces are conducting an operation in Homs city, state media reported on Thursday, with a monitor saying it targeted

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.