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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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 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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  • 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 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 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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  • in Latakia, Syria, and her family was originally from Yemen. She had five siblings. Osama married Najwa in 1974 at the age of fourteen in Latakia. She...
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    the Latakia Governorate. It has participated in operations in the Syrian Civil War. In February 2016, the Syrian Marines participated in a Latakia offensive...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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 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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  • 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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  • The 2016 Latakia offensive, code-named Battle of Yarmouk, refers to a rebel operation launched in the northern Latakia Governorate in late June 2016....
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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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    2013 Akashat Hawija Raqqa Al-Shabah Ras al-Ayn Tell Abyad Latakia Menagh Sidi Ali Ben Aoun Sadad Qalamoun Aleppo Al-Yaarubiyah Tell Hamis and Tell Brak...
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    Yazidis. The capital and largest city is Damascus, followed by Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Hama, Deirezor, and Raqqa. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Sunni...
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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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    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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    in northwestern Syria, in the mountains overlooking the coastal town of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kilmakho to the west, Bustan al-Basha to the...
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