More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in several days of sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal regions earlier this year, a government committee tasked with investigating the attacks has found.

Hundreds of people have reportedly fled from Syria into Israel following the outbreak of violence in the south of the country, Israeli media reported on Thursday. The Israeli military returned dozens to the neighbouring country overnight,

A Syrian government investigation says sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year has left over 1,400 people dead, mostly civilians