Syria’s Interim President Ahmed Sharaa has vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes between Assad loyalists and new Islamist rulers. Over 1,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the ongoing violence, which has reached its fourth day in Assad’s coastal stronghold.

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• Syria’s Interim President Ahmed Sharaa vows to hunt down perpetrators of deadly clashes.
• The violence has already claimed over 1,000 lives, mostly civilians.
• Clashes have continued for four days in Assad’s coastal heartland.
• Sharaa accused Assad loyalists and unnamed foreign powers of trying to incite unrest.
• Sharaa warned of attempts to divide the country and drag it into civil war.
• Syrian Kurdish armed group blames Turkish-backed Islamists for executions of civilians.
• Turkey has not yet responded to the accusation.
• The US and Russia have called for a UN Security Council meeting on the escalating violence.
• An independent committee is being formed to investigate the killings by both sides.
• Sharaa pledged to hold accountable anyone who exploits power or mistreats civilians.