The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British organization, has seen footage of dozens of bodies in civilian clothes stacked up in a Latakian home’s lawn.
The nation’s official news agency, Sana, was informed by an interior ministry source that “individual violations” had taken place along the shore and that they would be stopped.
Claims that the executions were carried out by the new Syrian rulers’ army have not been confirmed by News.
More than 70 people were killed in battles between government forces and fighters loyal to the ousted president Bashar al-Assad.
The cities of Homs, Latakia, and Tartous, where the fighting has started, have been placed under curfew.
