ALBAWABA- Israeli air raids struck an air defense battalion near the Syrian city of Tartous, causing minor injuries to fighters from the Ministry of Defense, a security source told Al Jazeera.

TARTOUS, Syria, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A tense calm prevailed in Syria's coastal city of Tartous on Monday following a large-scale security operation targeting what the government refers to as ...

Russia has a major air base in the coastal city of Latakia and its naval facility at Tartous. The Tartous base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment hub, and Moscow has used ...