Latakia (Arabic: ٱللَّاذْقِيَّة, romanized: al-Lādhiqiyya; Syrian pronunciation: [el.laːdˈʔɪjje, -laːðˈqɪjja]) is the principal port city of Syria and...
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Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, (Arabic: مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah) is one of the 14 governorates...
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Latakia tobacco (Arabic: تبغ اللاذقية) is a sun-dried and smoke-cured tobacco product. It originated in Syria and is named after its major port city of...
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35°43′34″E / 35.52105°N 35.726114°E / 35.52105; 35.726114 The Battle of Latakia (Arabic: معركة اللاذقية; Hebrew: קרב לטקיה) was a small but revolutionary...
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Latakia is a city in Syria. Latakia also may refer to: Latakia (tobacco), originally produced in Syria Battles fought near the city: Battle of Latakia...
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The Latakia offensive refer to a series of battles to take control of the Latakia Governorate during the Syrian Civil War: 2013 Latakia offensive: A failed...
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of Latakia in order to end an anti-Assad rebellion in the Palestinian camp. The operation resulted in dozens of people killed and wounded. Latakia has...
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Alawite State (redirect from Alawite (Latakia) State)
landowning families and 80 percent of the population of the port city of Latakia were Sunni Muslim. About 12 percent were Shia Kurds from the Feyli tribe...
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The 2015–2016 Latakia offensive was a campaign of the Syrian Civil War that was launched by government forces in October 2015 to recapture rebel-held...
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about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia. At its height it ruled an area roughly equivalent to the modern Latakia Governorate. It was discovered by accident...
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The 1796 Latakia earthquake struck present-day east coast of Syria on 26 April. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and maximum...
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The Latakia Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق اللاذقية) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Syria. The city of Latakia was the Sanjak's...
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in Latakia, Syria, and her family was originally from Yemen. She had five siblings. Osama married Najwa in 1974 when she was fourteen in Latakia. She...
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The Second Battle of Latakia was a small naval battle of the Yom Kippur War fought on 11 October 1973 between Israel and Syria. The Israeli Navy force...
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The Latakia Ridge is a part of the plate boundary zone that accommodates the motion of the African Plate relative to the Anatolian Plate. The ridge is...
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The Port of Latakia (Arabic: ميناء اللاذقية, French: Port de Lattaquié) is a seaport located on the Mediterranean sea in the city of Latakia. Established...
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The Latakia Tetraporticus, also sometimes referred to as the Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus (Arabic: قوس النصر) is a triumphal arch located in modern-day...
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a naval infantry unit part of the Syrian Republican Guard based in the Latakia Governorate. It was a significant participant in Syrian government operations...
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Khmeimim Air Base (redirect from Latakia Air Base)
currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria. The airbase shares some airfield facilities...
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79583 The Latakia camp (Arabic: مخيم اللاذقية) is an "unofficial" Palestinian refugee camp located within the municipal boundaries of Latakia on the Mediterranean...
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1959 in Latakia, Syria, to an Orthodox Christian family. He graduated in 1987 with a BA in Civil Engineering from Tishreen University in Latakia and with...
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Bassel Al-Assad International Airport (redirect from Latakia airport)
مطار باسل الأسد الدولي) (IATA: LTK, ICAO: OSLK) is an airport serving Latakia, the principal port city of Syria. The airport is named for Bassel al-Assad...
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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...
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airstrip in Syria's Latakia: Russia has reportedly brought hundreds of technicians and military advisers to Hmaymeen military airport in Latakia province". Middle...
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Hutteen SC (redirect from Hottin Latakia)
(Arabic: نادي حطين الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Latakia, Syria. The club was founded in 1945. The club's greatest achievement was...
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Syrian Turkmen Brigades (section Latakia)
the Turkmen Mountain of Latakia were left under Turkmen rebel control, as the result of the rebel defeat in the 2015–16 Latakia offensive. Many Turkmen...
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The 2013 Latakia offensive (called The Descendants of Aisha, Mother of the Believers by Salafist jihadists, and the Operation Liberation of the Coast...
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The 2014 Latakia offensive was a rebel offensive in the Latakia Governorate of Syria launched on 21 March 2014 by rebel Islamist groups including Al-Nusra...
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The National Museum of Latakia (Arabic: المتحف الوطني في اللاذقية), also known as the Latakia Museum (Arabic: متحف اللاذقية), is a museum located in the...
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Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022–present) (category Latakia Governorate in the Syrian civil war)
de-escalation zone' located in the governorates of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama and Latakia. These confrontations initiated through inghimasi, infiltration and sniper...
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