Syrian forces fire gunshots to disperse protesters in Alawite heartland

From Reuters.

Syrian security forces used gunfire to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country’s Alawite minority, witnesses and officials said. Authorities did not have immediate reports of casualties, but at least one man was seen bleeding on the ground.

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