The clashes in March included murder, torture and other ‘inhumane acts’ that UN investigators say amount to war crimes.

Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence that primarily targeted Alawite communities, and reports of violations continue.

A U.N.-backed commission has found widespread and systematic violence against civilians in Syria's coastal region ...

A United Nations commission investigating deadly March violence in Syria’s Alawite-majority coastal areas said the attacks, ...