1999 Latakia protests

When

Oct 1999

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

35.52° N, 35.78° E

Description

violent protests and armed clashes

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Violent protests and armed clashes

The 1999 Latakia protests were violent protests and armed clashes, which erupted in Latakia, Syria following the 1998 People's Assembly's elections. The violent events were an explosion of a long-running feud between Hafez al-Assad and his younger brother Rifaat. Two people were killed in fire exchanges between Syrian police and Rifaat's supporters during a police crack-down on Rifaat's port compound in Latakia.

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