The 1999 Latakia protests (or 1999 Latakia incident) were violent protests and armed clashes, which erupted in Latakia, Syria following 1998 People's Assembly's...

Syrian protests may refer to: 1936 Syrian general strike 1964 Hama riot 1999 Latakia protests 2004 Al-Qamishli riots Civil uprising phase of the Syrian...

Latakia (/lætəˈkiːə/; Arabic: ٱللَّاذْقِيَّة, romanized: al-Lādhqiyya; Syrian pronunciation: [el.laːdˈʔɪjje, -laːðˈqɪjja]) is the principal port city...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Latakia, Syria. 183 CE - Latakia Tetraporticus built. 330 CE - Now part of the Eastern Roman...

Syrian Corrective Revolution Islamic uprising in Syria Hama massacre 1999 Latakia protests Damascus Spring Ain es Saheb airstrike Syria Accountability Act...

after Hafez's death in 2000. The Assads are originally from Qardaha, Latakia. They belong to the Kalbiyya tribe. In 1927, Ali Sulayman changed his last...

port city in Syria (after Latakia), and the largest city in Tartus Governorate. Tartus was under the governance of Latakia Governorate until the 1970s...

"states" of Aleppo, Damascus, and Deir ez-Zor. In 1936, the Sanjak of Latakia and Jebel Druze were added to Syria, and the representation of the three...

The 2013 Latakia offensive (called The Descendants of Aisha, Mother of the Believers by Salafist jihadists, and the Operation Liberation of the Coast...

education at age nine in Sunni-dominated Latakia. He became the first in his family to attend high school, but in Latakia, Assad faced anti-Alawite bias from...

Outside the Box in September 2007. Protests in Syria began on 26 January 2011 following the Arab Spring protests that called for political reforms and...

The 2014 Kobanî protests in Turkey were large-scale rallies by pro-People's Defense Units (YPG) protestors in Turkey which occurred in autumn 2014, as...

stopping point on trade routes. It is situated on the main route between Latakia, which is 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the west, and Aleppo, which is 104 kilometres...

al-Khaṣībī's grandson and pupil, Abu Sa'id Maymun al-Tabarani (d. 1034), moved to Latakia (then controlled by the Byzantine Empire). Al-Tabarani succeeded his mentor...

Aleppo to the Raqqa Governorate. Others reside in the Turkmen Mountain near Latakia, the city of Homs and its vicinity until Hama, Damascus, and the southwestern...

military equipment directly to Syria by way of a new military compound at Latakia airport. Kheirbek got married at an old age and had an only son called...

Geneva in March 2000. In what has become known as the 1999 Latakia incident, violent protests and armed clashes erupted following the 1998 People's Assembly's...

contact with it. "Resolution 1267 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 4051st meeting on 15 October 1999". UNHCR. Eddy, Melissa (12 September...

HTS military commander Abu Hassan al-Hamawi met with Alawite leaders in Latakia to provide assurances that the minority group would not face retribution...

last major town held by rebels in western Latakia province. The capture of Rabia, part of the government's Latakia offensive, was said to threaten rebel supply...

by him to use deadly force against unarmed protesters. One defecting sniper reported that during the protests in Deraa: "We were ordered to aim for the...

Al-Hamed (2012) accused of "ordering or committing crimes against humanity". Latakia branch: Brig. Gen. Khudr Khudr (2012) accused of "ordering or committing...

inside the cities of Slunfeh (east Latakia Governorate), Masyaf (East Tartus Governorate) and Ras al-Bassit (Latakia coastal city). There were also further...

area, [was] headquartered in the naval base of Latakia with four Coastal Defense Battalions in Latakia, Banias, Hamidieh and Tartus. Each Battalion has...

response, the Muslim Brotherhood encouraged general protests across the country. These protests were most acute in the city of Hama, long considered...

airborne paratroopers and some seaborne troops were ordered to leave for Latakia and Aleppo, where army bases were still loyal to Nasser. However, a short...

Babylon. Ugarit also arose during this time, circa 1800 BC, close to modern Latakia. Ugaritic was a Semitic language loosely related to the Canaanite languages...

al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in the region. After months of...

independent republic. There were protests in 1945 over the slow pace of French withdrawal. The French responded to these protests with artillery. In an effort...

party organisations. In 1956, the Ba'ath Party organized the first labour protest in Syrian history. While the Ba'ath Party was strong, its decision to recruit...