Three killed in clashes in Syria’s Latakia province

Syrian state media said three people were killed Wednesday in clashes with so called security forces in coastal Latakia province, 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.

 Since last December’s ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, himself an Alawite, Syria’s "new authorities" have frequently reported security operations against what they describe as remnants of his government.