On October 4, 2026, Syrian security forces arrested Jamal Tarabulsi, who served as deputy to militia leader Ali Kayali.

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On October 15, 2026, the Military Criminal Court in Aleppo sentenced Al-Waddah Ismail and Maher Ali to death for inciting civil war and leading armed groups against Syrian public forces.

On September 17, 2026, Aleppo's Military Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to death, one to life, and one to 20 years imprisonment over March 2025 coastal abuses.

A Syrian investigative committee reported that March 6, 2025 attacks by former regime remnants killed 238 military and security personnel in Tartous, Latakia, and Hama.

On October 15, 2026, Aleppo's Military Criminal Court sentenced Syrian Defence Ministry 82nd Division member Mohammed Bakour to 20 years in prison for intentional murder during March 2025 coastal violence.

On October 15, 2026, the Military Criminal Court in Aleppo sentenced Ammar Abdul Aal to three years in prison for torture and acquitted defendants Abdul Raouf Bakrjan and Mohammed Zarzouri.

Turkish intelligence arrested Omar Al Khatib in October 2026 for allegedly coordinating between attackers and Syrian intelligence during the 2013 Reyhanli bombings that killed 52 people.

A Syrian national committee documented that at least 1,426 people, mostly Alawite civilians, were killed during several days of March 2025 coastal sectarian violence and retaliatory attacks.

Public trials regarding the March 2025 coastal violence began at the Palace of Justice in Aleppo on November 18, 2025.

Syrian militia leader Ali Kayali is named by Turkish authorities as the main suspect in the 2013 twin bombings in Reyhanli, Turkey.

Aleppo's Military Criminal Court acquitted a fourth defendant during its September 17, 2026 trial over the March 2025 coastal abuses.

On October 15, 2026, Syria's Military Criminal Court sentenced Maher Othman to 12 years in prison for complicity in inciting civil war and leading armed groups.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, militia forces killed 264 civilians in Al Bayda and 195 civilians in Ras Al Nabaa during 2013 massacres in Baniyas.

Witness testimonies documented summary executions and the burning of homes and bodies committed during the 2013 Baniyas massacres in Syria.

Subsequent court hearings in Aleppo focused on reviewing evidence and examining the legal arguments presented by the defendants.

Syria's General Intelligence Service arrested militia commander Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, as Kayali attempted to flee across the Syrian border.

Syria's General Intelligence Directorate announced on October 15, 2026, that it detained former militia commander Ali Kayali as he attempted to flee Syria across the border.

Syria's intelligence department accused Ali Kayali of leading militia forces responsible for mass killings of hundreds of civilians in the coastal town of Baniyas in May 2013.

Emergency repair teams began fixing the punctured Baniyas-Homs petroleum products pipeline near Hadida, Syria, on October 15, 2026 to restore line service.

The Baniyas-Homs petroleum products pipeline was damaged near Hadida, west of Homs, Syria, on October 15, 2026, causing a fuel leak.

The Syrian Petroleum Company attributed the October 15, 2026 petroleum leak on the Baniyas-Homs pipeline near Hadida to an attempted fuel theft.