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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. According to opposition sources, which were denied by the government, the protests left hundreds dead or injured.
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