A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst violence seen in the country in years.

Syria’s interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has formed a committee to investigate the violence in some cities that killed hundreds of civilians in recent days and sparked condemnation from the international community.

Syria is witnessing one of the worst episodes of violence since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, in the latest Syrian government and allied forces stormed several villages near the country's coast. Even as a Syrian war monitor said that 830 Alawites have been killed over the past four days.