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The site, on the Ras Ziyarah peninsula, has been occupied for a long time. The Phoenicians had a city here named Ramitha, and to the Greeks it was Leuke Akte, then it was refounded and named Laodicea by Seleucus I Nicator, after his mother. It became an important port and an exporter of wine produced in the hills behind the city ( Strabo 16. 2. 9.). An arch from the time of Septimius Severus has survived.
It was devastated by earthquakes in 494 and 555, and captured by Arabs in 638. In 1097 it was captured by Crusaders, and retaken by Saladin in 1188Events Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria. Newgate Prison is built. Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England. Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of.
In 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led during the Yom Kippur WarThe Yom Kippur War (also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War the October War and Ramadan War , was fought from October 6 (the day of Yom Kippur) to October 22/ 24, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Egypt and Syria. Summary President Gamal Abdel Nasse, the naval Battle of LatakiaThe Battle of Latakia was a small but revolutionary naval battle of the Yom Kippur War, fought on October 7, 1973, between Israel and Syria. It was the first naval battle in history to see missile combat and the use of electronic warfare deception. At the between IsraelThis article discusses the State of Israel. For other meanings of Israel see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel Medinat Yisrael in Hebrew, Daulat Israil in Arabic) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. and Syria, just offshore, was the first to be fought using missileA missile (British English: "miss isle"; U. English: "missl") is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. Missiles can range from a rock thrown from a slingshot, through a crossbow or ballista bolt, to a Minuteman III ins and ECMECM is an abbreviation of: Electret Condenser Microphone Electronic counter-measures Electronic control module Enterprise content management Error correction mode (fax protocol) Extracellular matrix See also: ECM (record label) TLAs. (electronic countermeasures).
There are a number of popular beaches around Latakia, and the ruins of UgaritUgarit (modern site Ras Shamra 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria a few kilometers north of the modern city of Latakia. Ugarit was at its height about 1450 BC to 1200 BC. Its locati, where some of the earliest alphabetic writings have been found, are just 16 km (10 mi) to the north.
Between September 22, 1930 and 1936, Latakia was the capital of the Sanjak of Latakia a nominally automonous state ruled by France under a League of Nations mandate. The state extended along the coast and into the mountains inland.
Latakia became part of the Syrian Republic in 1936.
In a fashion similar to what it did for Alaouites, between 1931 and 1933 France overprinted postage stamps of Syria with "LATTAQUIE", and the Arabic version of the name underneath.
Latakia tobacco is a specially treated tobacco mainly produced in Syria. It is dried over a stone pine or oak wood fire. It has a an intensive smoky taste and smell and is an important part of many pipe tobacco mixtures.
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