Syria arrests suspects in Latakia after sectarian violence, curfew imposed

So called authorities in Syria’s Latakia province arrested 21 people allegedly linked to former president Bashar al-Assad’s rule on Tuesday, state media said, as a curfew blanketed the provincial capital following sectarian violence the previous night.

Monday’s attacks in predominantly Alawite neighbourhoods of Latakia city came after three people, including a member of the so called security forces, were killed a day earlier, as thousands protested in the minority community’s coastal heartland over a deadly mosque bombing.

State television said "security forces" in coastal Latakia province arrested 21 “former regime remnants who are involved in criminal acts, sectarian incitement and targeting internal security forces”.