Syrian security forces are supposed to have fulfilled dozens of people belonging to Alavit's minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to a war -observation group.
The British Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 162 civilians were killed in “field executions” in the region-heart of President Bashir Al Assad, who also belongs to the Alawite sect.
A source of the interior ministry told the official news agency of the country Sana that “individual violations” had occurred on the shore and promised to stop them.
The BBC News failed to check that the killings were committed by the forces of the new rulers of Syria.
The total killed includes 13 women and five children, SOHR told AFP news agency.
The new rulers of Syria, who removed Assad in December, said a military operation in the hometown of former President Kardakha is now launching.
In his first statement, after the outbreak of violence, the temporary president of the country Ahmed al -Sharaa said Syria would pursue the “remains” of Assad's iconic regime and bring them to court, Reuters reports.
This follows clashes between government forces and fighters loyal to Assadwho left more than 70 dead.
In the cities of Homs, Latakia and Tartous, a police officer was imposed, where the fighting was erupted, and Latakia's governor said all the province of the province was shortened.
Early the BBC checked confirmed two videos that show that the body drags behind a car in Latakia.
The violence has left Alawite's community in a “state of horror,” Syrian activist in the city told the BBC Newshour.
“They feel so scary. They are in a state of shock,” said the activist, who did not want to use his name for fear of repression.
“They don't know what to do. There is no government or a country that is ready to help them, protect them,” he added.
The special messenger of the United Nation for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said in a statement that he was “deeply concerned” by reports of clashes and killings.
He urged all sides to “refrain from actions that can further inflame tension, to escalate the conflict, to exacerbate the suffering of the affected communities, to destabilize Syria and to threaten a reliable and inclusive political transition.”
The area is the heart of the minority of Alavit and the fortress of the Assad family belonging to the sect.
The estimates of the number of killed in violence vary and the BBC is not able to check them independently.
Residents say they were targets of sectarian violence, as a woman from Alavit says in Arabic to the BBC that many Syrians are “frightened”, whether they are on the shore or in the capital.
She added that “everyone is horrified by the current incitement” and are afraid that they will become “scaperating victims”.
Turkey and Russia have warned that the bloodshed, the worst, after the removal of Assad in December, threatens the stability of the entire region. Germany urged Syria to avoid “spiral of violence” after clashes.
The alavites, whose sect is a shoot of Shiite Islam, accounts for about 10% of the population of Syria, which is the majority of Sunni.
Additional reporting from Ian Ikman