Latakia
Hundreds dead in Syria police academy battle: NGO
Mar 03, 2013 10:16 EST
Hundreds of Syrian troops and rebels were killed in a week-long battle for a police academy in the northern province of Aleppo, with insurgents seizing control of most of the complex, a monitoring group said on Sunday.
Syria Kurd women set up battalion: NGO
Feb 23, 2013 13:50 EST
Around 150 Kurdish women in the war-wracked northern Syrian province of Aleppo have set up a fighting battalion, a monitoring group said on Saturday.
Syria rebels target Assad as missile toll mounts
Feb 19, 2013 16:15 EST
Insurgents fired mortar rounds at one of President Bashar al-Assad's palaces in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted from a devastating missile strike on second city Aleppo.
Russia steps up Syria evacuation efforts
Feb 19, 2013 08:00 EST
Russia on Tuesday sent two planes to Syria to pick up Russians wanting to leave the conflict-torn country as the navy despatched four warships to the Mediterranean reportedly for a possible larger evacuation.
420,000 people in Homs desperate for aid: UN
Feb 01, 2013 10:34 EST
Some 420,000 people -- half of them children -- in the hard-hit Syrian region of Homs are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the UN's children's agency said Friday.
Turkmen in joint battle 'for Syria democracy'
Jan 31, 2013 07:37 EST
Members of Syria's Turkmen minority have joined forces with rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime in a struggle they say is for democracy and revenge for years of oppression.
Syria regime strikes back against outgunned rebels
Jan 29, 2013 09:06 EST
Rebels close to Syria's central city of Hama are being pounded with bombs and shells as the regime wages a fierce assault to reverse losses in rural areas home to many of its Alawite supporters.
Syria regime strikes back against outgunned rebels
Jan 28, 2013 19:38 EST
Rebels close to Syria's central city of Hama are being pounded with bombs and shells as the regime wages a fierce assault to reverse losses in rural areas home to many of its Alawite supporters.
Syria war leaves ghost towns in Kurdish region
Jan 27, 2013 10:07 EST
In this green, mountainous part of northwest Syria, the boom of shells vibrates every few hours through dozens of villages abandoned by their terrified Kurdish inhabitants.
Canadian astronaut appeals for peace from space
Jan 10, 2013 16:45 EST
Reflecting on a recent photo he snapped from outer space of war-torn Syria, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield appealed for peace from his perch in the sky, saying Thursday: "We're all in this together."
Assad plan 'detached from reality': US
Jan 06, 2013 15:51 EST
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's road map to end the civil war ravaging his country is "detached from reality" and he should step down, the US State Department said Sunday.
Syria's Alawite area Assad's last resort: analysts
Jan 04, 2013 21:53 EST
The last option for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, who is determined not to back down after 21 months of deadly conflict, is to battle to the end from a fortified Alawite statelet, analysts believe.
Black Christmas faces Syria Christians
Dec 23, 2012 13:09 EST
Festive spirit is a distant memory for Syria's Christian minority as it faces a second Christmas in the grip of fear of daily violence and the spectre of rising Islamism.
Italian engineer kidnapped in Syria: ministry
Dec 17, 2012 10:15 EST
An Italian engineer has been kidnapped in Syria along with two other workers from the steel works in the port city of Latakia, the foreign ministry in Rome said Monday.
Syrian aid smugglers haggle for flour in Turkey
Nov 24, 2012 09:52 EST
Abu Omar and Ammar negotiate the cost of two tonnes of flour, destined as aid for their countrymen in Syria's Jabal Akrad, with a hard-bargaining Turkish merchant in the border town of Yayladagi.
Syrian aid smugglers haggle for flour in Turkey
Nov 23, 2012 11:07 EST
Abu Omar and Ammar negotiate the cost of two tonnes of flour, destined as aid for their countrymen in Syria's Jabal Akrad, with a hard-bargaining Turkish merchant in the border town of Yayladagi.
Islamists reject Syria opposition bloc as clashes rage
Nov 19, 2012 16:19 EST
The main Islamist rebel groups in Aleppo, a key front line in Syria's civil war, on Monday rejected the newly formed opposition bloc, saying they want an Islamic state, as clashes raged countrywide.
Bombs, air strikes rattle Syria
Nov 06, 2012 06:04 EST
Fresh bombings and air strikes shook Syria on Tuesday, a day after nearly 250 people died in the country's worst violence in weeks and rebels launched one of their deadliest attacks yet.
Bombs, air strikes hit Syria after deadliest day in weeks
Nov 06, 2012 04:30 EST
A car bomb shook the Damascus region early Tuesday, a watchdog said, a day after nearly 250 people died in fighting and bombings in Syria's worst violence since last month's failed ceasefire bid.
Raids and blasts in Damascus as Syria opposition meets
Nov 04, 2012 09:00 EST
Syrian warplanes hit targets around Damascus and a blast shook the heart of the capital on Sunday, state media and a watchdog said, as the main opposition gathered in Qatar under US pressure for a makeover.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Latakia اللَاذِقِيَّة | |||
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  Latakia
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| Coordinates: 35°31′N 35°47′E / 35.517°N 35.783°E | |||
| Country |  Syria | ||
| Governorate | Latakia Governorate | ||
| District | Latakia District | ||
| Government | |||
| - Governor | Zahed Hajj Mousa | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| - Total | 402,000 | ||
| Area code(s) | 41 | ||
| Website | eLatakia | ||
