CAIRO - An Israeli strike targeted an air defence installation near Syria's Mediterranean Latakia port, Syrian security sources said on Monday. Israel conducted three airstrikes in the Syrian ...

Then, in 1922, the Alawite coastal area was formed as its own autonomous entity, “The State of Latakia,” separate from Syria. The Druze in the Hawran region (comprising the Israeli Golan ...

Syrian opposition fighters took control of the Latakia province, where Russian military facilities – the Khmeimim airbase and the Tartus naval base – are located, Russian state news agency ...

Latakia-based Sputnik reporter announced that Syrian army forces arrested members of a terrorist group. These elements were trying to infiltrate an army position in the axis of Salmi settlement in the ...

Moscow - a staunch backer of the Assad regime - has the strategically important Hmeimim airbase in Syria's Latakia province and a naval facility at Tartous - its only Mediterranean repair and ...

LONDON -- Syrian state media said Thursday that government ... To the west, Hama province borders Latakia, which is known as a heartland of Assad government support. Latakia is home to the Russian ...

Syrian rebel groups have seized full control of the Latakia governorate, home to Russian military bases, a source told the Russian state news agency TASS. “Since yesterday, the opposition has ...