Meetings were held in Latakia today between Alawite leaders and the governors of Tartus and Latakia for community reconciliation after violent clashes between security forces and pro-regime armed groups, resulting in two deaths and seven security personnel captured.
Security forces later conducted raids in Damascus and its countryside, arresting 16 individuals and seizing weapons.
In a separate incident, a fight broke out in the Qassaa neighborhood after attempts to convert locals to Islam, but security forces quickly contained the situation.
