When independence was declared on June 25 , 1991 armed clashes spread in protest throughout Serb enclaves in Croatia.
The clashes spread to Beit Lahiya, in the north, Gaza City and other areas, as Fatah marked its 43rd anniversary.
As the clashes spread across the eastern regions, Nimr delivered a speech accusing the political authorities of encouraging the religious police to target the Shia community.
Police responded with stun grenades and tear gas as clashes spread to neighbouring streets after mass rallies, where protesters demanded an end to tax rises and salary cuts that they say are reducing them to poverty.
Security forces and plainclothes government supporters opened fire from rooftops and the street on tens of thousands of protesters, according to witnesses, as clashes spread for a second day through the central city of Taiz.
The ambush was part of clashes spread over two days that claimed the lives of an estimated 70 Taliban fighters, Col. Mohamed Masoum Hashimi, the deputy police chief of Nangarhar Province, said Friday.
In June, about 90 people were killed as clashes spread across the state.
Sectarian clashes spread across the state, with houses of both Buddhists and Muslims being burnt down.
Clashes spread from the coast to the city's busy Rio Hondo area.
Thousands of homes have been destroyed as clashes spread across the state.
