Siege of Latakia

Name: Siege of Latakia
Start: 0636

636 CE.

Shown on the map at 37.836°, 29.108°.

The siege of Laodicea was a Rashidun Caliphate campaign that occurred in 636, during the Muslim conquest of the Levant. The siege of the Byzantine port city of Laodicea (modern Latakia) was led by Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah and 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit, two of the Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Text from the Wikipedia article Siege of Laodicea (636), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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