Asharq Al-awsat - A report by the Syrian ministry of transport revealed a bid on connecting Iranian and Syrian coasts as well as the Iranian town of Shalamcheh to Iraqs Basra by a railway system that stretches from the Port of Imam Khomeini to the Port of Latakia. Irans national state-owned railway system announced in April a project linking the ...

Sputnik - Iran will build several power plants in Syria within the framework of a memorandum on economic cooperation with Damascus, the construction of first power plant will start in Latakia on Tuesday, Irans First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Monday. "We signed a contract on cooperation in the construction and reconstruction of several ...

Tasnim Syrian Electricity Minister Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli said Tehran and Damascus have signed a deal whereby Iran will build a power plant with a capacity of 540 megawatts of electricity in the Arab countrys western coastal province of Latakia. The power plant project in Latakia is important and strategic for the electrical system in Syria in ...

RT - Moscow and Tel Aviv had long enjoyed fairly good ties despite the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, but they are now at risk as Russia blames Israel for the downing its warplane off Syrian coast and the crew's death. Although the plane was technically shot down by a Syrian missile, Russia made it clear who it blames in the tragedy, saying ...

Press TV - Syria says its air defense system has shot down several missiles fired from the sea, targeting state technical industry institutions in Latakia on Monday night. "Air defenses have confronted enemy missiles coming from the sea in the direction of the Latakia city, and intercepted a number of them," the official SANA quoted a military ...

Press TV- Russias Defense Ministry says a cargo plane operated by the Russian militaryhas crashed in Syria, killing at least 39 people on board. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that 33 passengers and six crew members were on board the plane when it crashed while landing in Hmeimim airbase in the western Syrian province of Latakia. "On ...

Sputnik - Iran reportedly intends to construct a 450 MW power plant in Syria's Latakia. The energy officials of both countries have signed a corresponding deal in Tehran. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Iran and Syria have signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) oncooperation inthe electricity sector, providing forthe construction ofa power station ...

MNA The Syrian government troops have found a storage with over 30 US heavy anti-tank missile systems in the Latakia Province during a demining operation, the commander of the engineering service of the Latakias garrison, said. The Syrian government forces have defused 800 high-powered explosive devices in11 settlements inthe Latakia province ...

Press TV - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad haspaid a visit to a Russian-run air base in the countrys western coastal province of Latakia, from which Russian fighter jets conduct airstrikes against Daesh terrorists and foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants. The Syrian leader inspected a single-seat,twin-engineand super-maneuverableSukhoi SU-35 ...

Press TV- Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a massive bomb explosion targeted a military camp in Syrias western coastal province of Latakia. Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a car rigged with explosives was detonated by remote control in Salma village, which lies northeast ...

Press TV- The Syrian army has reportedly thwarted an attempt by Daesh to establish a foothold in the northwestern province of Latakia, killing a large number of the terrorists in the process. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the development on Saturday, saying the troops had managed to push the terrorists back as the latterengaged ...

Syrian government soldiers, backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups, have managed to wrest control over six villages in the countrys western coastal province of Latakia following heavy clashes with foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants. On Friday, the Syrian forces regained control ofthe villages of Ayn Qantarah, Tal Rasha, Tal al-...

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has met with SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad in capital Damascus and inspected Russias Khmeimim airbase in Syrias coastal province ofLatakia. According to a statement released by Russias Defense Ministry on Saturday, Shoigu and Assadmet on a request by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the statement,...

A deadly bomb attack struck a mosque in Syrias port city of Latakia Thursday, state TV says. The explosion occurred outside Khulafa Rashideen mosque in Daatur District. At least five people were reportedly killed. The official SANA news agency said terrorists carried out the attack through a motorcycle bomb. Images were shown on the al-...

The Syrian army says it has recaptured the strategic town of Kansaba in the northern countryside of Latakia Province after heavy clashes with militants. The retaking of the town allows the army to move on to regain the militant-held town of Jisr al-Shughour, northeast of Kansaba in Idlib Province, as well as other areas held by extremist groups ...

Syrian forces, backed by military aircraft, have managed to wrest control over a strategic town in the countrys western province of Latakia as they continue to gain ground in battles against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants. On Saturday, Syrian troopers liberated Rabiatown, which lies in the northern part of the province and close to the border ...

Russian jets have carried out 64 sorties hitting 63 ISIL targets in Syria's provinces of Hama, Latakia, Idlib, Raqqa over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday. "Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25SM jets carried out 64 sorties from the Khmeimim airbase on 63 targets in the provinces of Hama, Latakia, Idlib and Raqqa," the Russian Defense ...

A US drone has been shot down by Syrias military over the coastal province of Latakia near a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian state media say. "Syrian air defenses brought down a hostile US surveillance aircraft over north Latakia," AFP quoted the official SANA news agency as saying on Tuesday. Turkish military sources told the ...

[caption id="attachment_92306" align="alignright" width="180"] Rebel fighters walk with their weapons at the beach in Latakia province near the town of Kasab April 5, 2014. Picture taken April 5, 2014.[/caption] (Reuters) - For three years, residents of Syria's Mediterranean provinces have watched from their coastal sanctuary as civil war raging further ...

[caption id="attachment_90905" align="alignright" width="180"] Children walk amid rubble in an unknown location in Syria. (File photo)[/caption] A senior Iranian lawmaker says Syria and Turkey should exercise restraint amid recent conflicts between the two sides. Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi ...