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A damaged car is seen after an a bomb exploded in Aleppo, Syria on 13 July 2017 [Hüseyin Nasır/Anadolu Agency]

Car Blast Hits Syrian Port City of Latakia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2017 | Middle East

London- A car bomb on Saturday hit the Syrian port city of Latakia, the Lebanese Hezbollah group’s al Manar television station and a monitor said. The blast lead to injuries according to reports. A statement by Reuters read that the television station flashed...

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Fires Destroy Forests in the Latakia Countryside

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 22, 2016 | Middle East

A massive fire has destroyed hundreds of kilometres of agricultural land and forests in the countryside of Al-Qardaha in the Latakia countryside which is a stronghold of the Assad regime. This has forced the population of more than five villages to flee to other areas...

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A damaged van in an airstrike in Syria. Reuters

Monitor: More than 120 Dead in Multiple Blasts in Syria Regime Strongholds

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

A series of rare explosions killed more than 120 people in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous on Monday, monitors said, in a regime-controlled area that hosts Russian forces. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Mediterranean cities that...

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Members of the United Nations Security Council raise their hands. Reuters

Russia Blocks Council Statement, Says Truce Extended for 72 Hours in Aleppo and Latakia

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 7, 2016 | Middle East

Russia said that a “regime of calm” truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo and parts of Latakia province had been extended “for 72 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Saturday” after Moscow was slammed for blocking a U.N. Security Council statement...

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Russian-American Agreement to Protect Assad’s Strongholds

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 30, 2016 | Middle East

A Russian- American agreement to re-establish the ceasefire in the Syrian regime strongholds of Latakia and Damascus was announced yesterday. Aleppo, a stronghold of the opposition that has been brutally shelled recently by the Syrian regime forces, was excluded from...