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Syrian state media said three people were killed on Wednesday in clashes with security forces in coastal Latakia province, Syria, the heartland of the country’s Alawite minority community.
“Three members of remnants of the former regime were killed after clashes with internal security forces” outside the city of Jableh, state television said.
State news agency (SANA) had earlier reported “clashes with a group of wanted outlaws” in the area, and said an unspecified number of security personnel were wounded.
Since last December’s ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite, Syria’s new Islamist authorities have repeatedly reported security operations against what they call remnants of his regime.
In March, coastal areas saw the massacre of Alawite civilians, with authorities blaming armed Assad supporters for attacking security forces.
A national inquiry reported at least 1,426 Alawites killed, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the toll above 1,700.
Last month, thousands protested on the Alawite coast against fresh attacks targeting their community.
