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Syria is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria fought between the Syrian Arab Republic led by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and various domestic and foreign forces that oppose both the Syrian government and each other, in varying combinations. Its ports include Latakia and Tartus.

Can Russia add Libya’s Tobruk port to its Tartus port in Syria?

Tobruk, Libya (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – Russia’s ambitions to control Libya’s deepwater ports of Tobruk and Derna is again on the agenda of...

Captagon drug via ports of Beirut, Latakia and Tripoli

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – The Syrian regime and Lebanese Hezbollah have adeptly woven the production, promotion, and smuggling of...

Syria wins if the project to activate oil pipeline to Iraq materialises

Baniyas, Syria (PortSEurope) August 6, 2023 – Iraq is ready to discuss with Syria the development of the damaged and currently defunct oil export...

Oboronlogistics transports Russian cargo to Syria

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 16, 2022 – State-owned Oboronlogistics LLC has been transporting Russian cargo to Syria, and also bringing...

Russia delivers cargo to Syrian port of Tartus

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 31, 2022 – Russia has delivered cargo from the port of Novorossiysk to the Syrian port of Tartus. The cargo...

Russia accused of exporting Ukrainian grain via Sevastopol

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2022 – The U.S. space technology company Maxar has satellite images which show Russian vessels being loaded with...

Hapag-Lloyd to stop providing services that connect the Port of Latakia in Syria with Piraeus and Damietta

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) April 6, 2022 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced it will stop providing services connecting the Port of Latakia in Syria with the...

Container terminal in Syria’s port of Latakia, controlled by Iran, hit by an Israeli missile strike

Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The container storage area of Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of Latakia was hit by an Israeli...

Iran and Syria seek to develop marine and port cooperation

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 28, 2021 – The Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that Tehran and Syria are discussing the need to...

Iran to start cargo service to Lattakia port, Syria

Lattakia, Syria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 – Local sources in Iran are reporting that Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Group (IRISL) will...

Iran proposes Hamidiyeh port as Syrian free trade zone

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – Economic Deputy of the secretariat of the Supreme Council of Iran’s Free Trade, Industrial and...

Workers in Syria’s Tartus protest again Russia’s company management of the port

Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) July 9, 2020 – Port workers in Tartus have again complained about their Russian employer irregular and lower than the agreed...

Analysis – In a snub to Russia, Iran and Syria sign maritime cooperation agreement

Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) February 11, 2020 – Defying pressure from Moscow, Russia’s dependant Syria has signed an agreement on maritime cooperation...

Analysis – Russia’s ambitious plans for Syria’s port of Tartus

Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) December 22, 2019 – Russia has announced that it is going to invest $500 million over four years in the Syrian Mediterranean port...

Analysis – Iranian ambitions for the Syria’s Mediterranean coast

Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) November 18, 2019 – Iran has bolstered its military and economic presence along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to...

Analysis – Iran wants to take over Iraqi and Syrian cargo flow with Latakia port & railway line

Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) July 16, 2019 – Iran, Syria and Iraq are discussing the construction of a railway line connecting the Iran’s Imam Khomeini...

Analysis – After Syria’s Tartus port, Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk

Tobruk, Libya (PortSEurope) April 28, 2019 – The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s...

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