Latakia: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Latakia: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
636 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Latakia (Laodicea) (636), part of Conquest of Northern Syria
637 AD
Mentioned in Event: Final Stage of the conquest in Syria and Palestina
1097 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Crusade
1099 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Crusade
1099 AD
Mentioned in: siege of Latakia, part of First Crusade
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1920 AD
Capital of Alawite State
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
1946 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
1973 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Latakia, part of Yom Kippur War
1973 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Latakia, part of Yom Kippur War
2011 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Latakia (2011)
2018 AD
Mentioned in: Syria missile strikes, part of Syrian Civil War
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Latakia Governorate, part of Arab Republic of Syria