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.

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.

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

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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.

The forces over the past few weeks have raided and arrested security officials who they said worked under Assad's notorious web of intelligence and security branches

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.

Syrian security forces are conducting a security sweep in the city of Homs, state media reported on Thursday, with a monitor saying targets include protest organisers from the Alawite minority of the former president.