Syrian rebels fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Jabal Akrad of a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday and monitoring group said at least 30 people were killed.
Video footage showed people Qaeda-linked Islamic waving an army brigade tower Allawi last Sunday in several villages in rebel attacks, a Barouda village members identified as soldiers from the roof.
Mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents fighting to overthrow Assad's minority Alawi sect is a branch of Shiite Islam, two years before the outbreak of the civil war against his rule largely peaceful protests, put down by force.
Assad, Iran and Hezbollah guerrillas supported regional Sunni Muslim authority to support his army, but basically still outgunned rebels in recent months has a place.
Anti-Assad Syrian Human Rights Watch said 12 rebels and pro-Assad 19 fighters - including soldiers and his militia known as the National Defense Army members - in Sunday's Latakia province in eastern mountains were fighting killed.
In Latakia one insider said the fighting began at dawn and the rebels, based in the town of Salma, attack 10 Alawite villages.
Ambulance sirens, interrupted by the bombing raids and the government Salma voices can be heard throughout the day, he said.
Further south, in Homs, army launched artillery remaining rebel-held areas of the city, one week after capturing the rebel Khaldiya district - gains around Damascus, Homs near the Lebanese border area its latest victory.
Rebels say they need more foreign military support to reverse its military setbacks that Assad's military backing from Iran and Hezbollah have become tidal.
Syrian official media said on Sunday that Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani told Damascus relations will remain strong.
Rouhani "stressed the Islamic Republic of Iran to strengthen cooperation with Syria stand together to face all the challenges of determination," SANA news agency said.
"There is no force in the world can shake or destroy deep-rooted, historical and strategic two friendly relations between peoples and nations, it quoted him as telling the Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halki people attended during his visit to Tehran Rouhani's swearing in ceremony.
 



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