Coastal Uprisings of 2011

Besides the early unrest in Deraa and Homs, Baniyas and other coastal cities in the Alawite-dominated provinces of Latakia and Tartous also witnessed an unusual degree of early protest activity and murky violence. Collectively at least these early developments - especially of the first weeks - deserve a page here.

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See also Events of March 2011 for early developments in other areas.