The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said that "a strong explosion rocked the Tartus port" at the same time as aircraft flew overhead, reporting smoke rising from the site. Observatory ...

The Syrian presidency announced on Sunday the formation of an independent national commission to probe the recent violent incidents in the port cities of Latakia and Tartus. Last week the coastal ...

TARTUS, Syria — The gunfire began at dawn Friday in the town of al-Haffa on Syria’s Mediterranean coast. At first, Wala, 29, a resident of the town, leaped off her bed to the corner of the ...

Israeli aircraft carried out airstrikes late Monday targeting the port city of Tartus in western Syria, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. The agency reported that the strikes did not ...

The troubles erupted across Latakia and Tartus Provinces, longtime strongholds of Mr. al-Assad along Syria’s Mediterranean coast. The area has become a tinderbox since Mr. al-Assad was ...

Syrian state media said Israeli strikes hit the Tartus area on Monday, after a war monitor reported a blast near the city's port and the Israeli army said it struck a "military site" further north.