Protesters have taken to the streets of Latakia in western Syria after President Assad’s cousin allegedly killed a military officer in a road rage incident.
The city on the Mediterranean coast is considered an essential base of support for the Assad regime in the 4 1/2-year conflict.
On Thursday night, Suleiman Hilal al-Assad killed Colonel Hassan Al-Sheikh of the Syrian Army’s Engineering Corps, according to witnesses. The murder was spurred by a minor accident that damaged Assad’s jeep.