Latakia

Latakia (Arabic: اللَاذِقِيَّة al-Lādhiqīyah), is the main port city of Syria. It is the 4th largest city in Syria after Aleppo, Damascus and Homs with 383,786^[3] inhabitants. It is the capital of the Latakia Governorate. Tishreen University is in the city.

Latakia is the home city of two football clubs: Teshrin Sports Club was founded in 1947,^[4] and Hutteen Sports Club was founded in 1945.^[5] Both teams play in the al-Assad Stadium. There is also Latakia Sports City complex. It was built in 1987 to host the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

Latakia Media

Latakia Tetraporticus, built by Septimius Severus in AD 193
Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus in Latakia
The Latin Church of Latakia, also known as the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The National Museum of Latakia, a previous Ottoman era khan
Port of Latakia, painted by Luigi Mayer (1810).
One of the oldest schools in Latakia was previous mandatory-era barracks, and later school. It was subsequently named after Jules Jammal and known ever since as the 'Jules Jammal School'
A 10-piastre stamp of Syria used in the Alawite State.
A weiw of the Syrian city of Latakia in 1970.
A Russian military aircraft in Khmeimim Air Base, one of Russia's main bases of operation in Syria
Slinfah's mountains and houses in Latakia, Syria.