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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 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 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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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