Latakia Governorate

Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, (مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. ^[1]

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Governorates of Syria

Al-Bahluliyah

Al-Bahluliyah (البهلولية) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia.

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Al-Fakhurah

Al-Fakhurah (الفاخورة) is a Syrian village in the Qardaha District in Latakia Governorate.

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Al-Ghab Plain

The Ghab Plain (Sahl al-Ġāb, literally: Forest Plain) is a fertile depression lying mainly in the Al-Suqaylabiyah District in northwest Syria.

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Al-Haffah

Al-Haffah (al-Ḥaffah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively belonging to the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia.

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Al-Haffah District

Al-Haffah District (manṭiqat al-Ḥaffah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria.

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Al-Qutailibiyah

Al-Qutailibiyah (القطيلبية, also spelled Kotailabiyah or Qutelbyeh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located south of Latakia.

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ALA-LC romanization

ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script.

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The Alawite State (دولة جبل العلويين,; État des Alaouites), initially named the Territory of the Alawites (territoire des Alaouites), after the locally-dominant Alawites from its inception until its integration to the Syrian Federation in 1922, was a French mandate territory on the coast of present-day Syria after World War I., From The French Mandate from the League of Nations lasted from 1920 to 1946.

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Alawites

The Alawites, also known as Nusayrites, are an Arab ethnoreligious group that live primarily in the Levant and follow Alawism, a religious sect that splintered from early Shi'ism as a ghulat branch during the ninth century.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Armenian language

Armenian (endonym) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family.

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Ayn al-Bayda, Latakia

Ayn al-Bayda (عين البيضة) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia.

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Ayn al-Sharqiyah

Ayn al-Sharqiyah (عين الشرقية, also spelled Ain esh-Sharqiye) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located southeast of Latakia.

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Ayn al-Tineh, Latakia Governorate

Ayn al-Tineh (عين التينة, Ain al-Tineh) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively belonging to the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia.

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Ayn Shiqaq

Ayn al-Shiqaq (عين شقاق, also spelled Ain al-Shiqaq) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located south of Latakia.

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Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000.

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Battle of al-Haffah

The Battle of al-Haffah (معركة الحفة) took place between the Syrian Army and the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Latakia Governorate, primarily in the area around the town of Al-Haffah.

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Beit Yashout

Beit Yashout (Bayt Yāšūṭ) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate, and located south of Latakia.

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Christianity in Syria

Christians in Syria made up about 10% of the pre-war Syrian population.

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Cote d'Azur, Syria

Cote d'Azur, known locally as the Blue Beach (الشّاطِئ الأزرَق) is a beach resort located north of Latakia, Syria along the Mediterranean coast, on a site of archaeological importance called Ras Ibn Hani.

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Daliyah

Daliyah (الدالية) is a Syrian village in the Jableh District in the southern part of the Latakia Governorate in western Syria.

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Deutscher Wetterdienst

The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes.

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Districts of Syria

The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus.

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Free Syrian Army

The Free Syrian Army (FSA; al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces.

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Governorates of Syria

Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic muḥāfaẓāt, singular muḥāfaẓah).

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Hama Governorate

Hama Governorate (مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. Latakia Governorate and Hama Governorate are governorates of Syria.

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Hanadi

Hanadi (هنادي) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located south of Latakia.

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Harf al-Musaytirah

Harf al-Musaytirah (حرف المسيترة) is a Syrian village in the Qardaha District in Latakia Governorate.

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Hatay Province

Hatay Province (Hatay ili,, translit) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey.

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Idlib Governorate

Idlib Governorate (مُحافظة ادلب / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Idlib) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. Latakia Governorate and Idlib Governorate are governorates of Syria.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Isma'ilism

Isma'ilism (translit) is a branch or sect of Shia Islam.

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Jableh

Jableh (جَبْلَةٌ;, also spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah, Gabala or Gibellum) is a Mediterranean coastal city in Syria, north of Baniyas and south of Latakia, with c. 80,000 inhabitants (2004 census).

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Jableh District

Jableh District (manṭiqat Jablah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria.

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Jawbat Burghal

Jawbat Burghal (جوبة برغال) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia in an-Nusayriyah Mountains.

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Kessab

Kessab (كسب; Kesab), also spelled Kesab or Kasab, is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located 59 kilometers north of Latakia.

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Kinsabba

Kinsabba (كنسبا, also spelled Kansaba) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively belonging to the Latakia Governorate, located northeast of Latakia.

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Lake 16 Tishreen

Lake 16 Tishreen, also referred to as the Seven Lakes, Lake Mashqita, or Lake Al-Bahluliyah, is an artificial, branching lake created following the construction of the 16 Tishrin Dam on the Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali in Latakia Governorate, Syria.

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Latakia

Latakia (translit; Syrian pronunciation) is the principal port city of Syria and capital city of the Latakia Governorate located on the Mediterranean coast.

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Latakia District

Latakia District (manṭiqat al-Lādhiqīyah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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May 2016 Jableh and Tartus bombings

On 23 May 2016, eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Mintaqah

Minṭaqah (plural مَنَاطِق) is a term used for a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries.

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Movie theater

A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, picture theater or simply theater, is a business that contains auditoria for viewing films (also called movies, motion pictures or "flicks") for public entertainment.

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Muzayraa

Muzayraa (Muzayri`ah, Mzera'a or Mazirah) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia.

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Nahiyah

A nāḥiyah (نَاحِيَة, plural nawāḥī نَوَاحِي), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns.

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Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali

The Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali (lit, Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐, rḥbn) is a river in Latakia Governorate, Syria.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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North Levantine Arabic

North Levantine Arabic (al-lahja š-šāmiyya š-šamāliyya, North Levantine) was defined in the ISO 639-3 international standard for language codes as a distinct Arabic variety, under the apc code.

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Orontes River

The Orontes (from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης) or Nahr al-ʿĀṣī, or simply Asi (translit,; Asi) is a long river in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Hatay Province, Turkey.

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Paltus

Paltus or Paltos (Πάλτος) is a ruined city.

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Port of Latakia

The Port of Latakia (ميناء اللاذقية, Port de Lattaquié) is a seaport located on the Mediterranean sea in the city of Latakia.

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Qardaha

Qardaha (القَرْدَاحَة / ALA-LC: Qardāḥah) is a town in northwestern Syria, in the mountains overlooking the coastal town of Latakia.

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Qardaha District

Qardaha District (manṭiqat al-Qardāḥah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria.

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Qastal Ma'af

Qastal Ma'af (قسطل معاف) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia.

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Rabia, Syria

Al-Rabiea (Al-Rābeīā), also spelled Rabia (Rābīāh) or is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia.

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Sahyun Castle

Sahyun Castle (قلعة صهيون), also known as the Castle of Saladin (Qal'at Salah al-Din), is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria.

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Salma, Syria

Salma (Salmā) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located northeast of Latakia.

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Slinfah

Slinfah (Ṣalinfah) is a Syrian town-resort, founded in 1929, administratively belonging to Al-Haffah District within the Latakia Governorate.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syria–Turkey border

The border between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Turkey (translit; Suriye–Türkiye sınırı) is about long, and runs from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the tripoint with Iraq in the east.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Syrian Coastal Mountain Range

The Coastal Mountain Range (سلسلة الجبال الساحلية, Silsilat al-Jibāl as-Sāḥilīyah) also called Jabal al-Ansariya, Jabal an-Nusayria or Jabal al-`Alawīyin (Ansari, Nusayri or Alawi Mountains) is a mountain range in northwestern Syria running north–south, parallel to the coastal plain.

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Tartus Governorate

Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate, (مُحافظة طرطوس / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. Latakia Governorate and Tartus Governorate are governorates of Syria.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

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Turkmen Mountain

Turkmen Mountain (جبل تركمان; Jabal Turkman, Türkmen Dağı) is a mountain range in the north of the Latakia region of Syria, in the area called Bayırbucak locally in Turkish, neighboring the Turkish border.

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Ugarit

Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.

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2014 Latakia offensive

The 2014 Latakia offensive was a rebel offensive in the Latakia Governorate of Syria launched on 21 March 2014 by rebel Islamist groups including Al-Nusra Front, which called the offensive "Anfal", while a coalition of Supreme Military Council rebel groups called the offensive "The Martyrs Mothers".

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2015–2016 Latakia offensive

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 territory in the Latakia Governorate bordering Turkey.

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2016 Latakia offensive

The 2016 Latakia offensive, code-named Battle of Yarmouk, refers to a rebel operation launched in the northern Latakia Governorate in late June 2016.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia_Governorate

Also known as Al Ladhiqiyah Governorate, Al Lādhiqīyah Governorate, Al-Ladhiqiyah Governorate, Latakia province.

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