There was violence on Sunday as thousands of protesters from Syria's Alawite religious minority took to the streets in coastal and central parts of the country, two days after a mosque bombing killed eight people.
The demonstrations were called for by Ghazal Ghazal, an Alawite sheikh who lives outside Syria and is believed to be leading a group called the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council in Syria and the Diaspora.
State news agency Sana reported that three people were killed and 60 were wounded in attacks on security forces and civilians “by remnants of the defunct regime” during the protests in the coastal city of Latakia.
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