Latakia

In pictures: Wildfires engulf Syria’s coast for the second time this summer
Oct 13,2020
Looting, burning, cutting: How a decade of war has shrunk Syria’s forests
No more swimming in Latakia; Syrians are strangers in their own country
Podcast “Thawriyya”: An enduring revolution for Syrian women activists
Anger and confusion erupt over the Syrian government’s decision to ration bread through the smart card
LATEST FROM Latakia
Syria Direct graduates its 9th class of journalists
January 15
Syria Direct graduated its ninth class of aspiring Syrian journalists Sunday after they completed a three-month course on the basics of journalism at our office in Amman, Jordan. ...
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Latakia authorities bulldoze homes, businesses in Palestinian camp, residents say
November 16
AMMAN: Syrian regime authorities in the coastal city of Latakia have reportedly demolished dozens of homes and shops in a former Palestinian refugee camp over the past two weeks, ...
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Woman joins Latakia police force: ‘I’m helping my family get by’
July 11
When she first started working at the police station, Nawwal’s male colleagues gave her strange looks, and kept their distance. She and her female colleague often sat alone,...
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Hours after rebels reportedly shoot down chopper, airstrikes pummel nearby city
March 28
AMMAN: Russian warplanes unleashed “dozens” of airstrikes in northwest Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province late Monday night, killing at least five civilians ...
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Syria Situation Report: March 9 - March 17, 2017
March 17
Welcome to the latest installment of the Syria SITREP highlighting key developments in the Syrian Civil War. The SITREP Map is made possible through a partnership between the Inst...
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After kidnapping in pro-Assad heartland, survivor says 'it’s the law of the jungle here’
March 13
Three masked gunmen kidnapped Mustafa, 50, just outside his home in the small coastal city of Jableh, 23km southeast of Latakia’s provincial capital last September. They did...
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Syrian mother 'trapped' on Turkish border as she vies to join husband in Germany
March 09
Leila couldn’t see the Turkish army snipers through the darkness late Sunday night, but when she heard warning shots, she knew it was time to run. She grabbed her two sons, ...
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Fires blaze through prized Latakia forestland, trees ‘reduced to charcoal’
March 02
When Abu Raed smelled smoke in the air on Wednesday morning, he immediately thought back to last November, when forest fires blazed through his village in the low-lying mountains ...
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A family divided by war leaves an elderly woman alone, ‘too ashamed’ to ask for help
February 13
When Umm Rahef, 71, remembers her late husband Hani, she remembers the good days: her childhood neighborhood in the coastal city of Latakia where they first met, the peaceful year...
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Most public transport in Latakia suspended amidst fuel shortage, 2 bus lines reinstated after outcry
February 09
Public transportation services in the regime-held, northwest coastal city of Latakia and its surrounding villages are now at a virtual halt because of a diesel shortage. Public t...
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PHOTO BRIEFS
In pictures: Wildfires engulf Syria’s coast for the second time this summer
Hours after rebels reportedly shoot down chopper, airstrikes pummel nearby city
Ahrar, Nusra spat draws condemnation as regime advances in Latakia
Baath Party to freed Kweiris soldiers: Congratulations, now get back to frontlines
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