remnants

A further 300 members of the security forces and remnants of the Assad regime are reported to have died in clashes.

It also used artillery and scrambled helicopters to attack and bomb areas held by remnants of the Assad forces that some activists said hit civilian homes.

Syrian forces loyal to the new government in Damascus have engaged in heavy fighting with remnants of the ousted Assad regime in a coastal area in the country's north-west.

A resident had taped signs to the trees on the sidewalk, not far from the remnants of her home.

There are not many remnants of New Brighton's past as a Victorian and Edwardian seaside town still visible today.