Tartus, Syria

Syria

Tartus, Syria connects to 4529 places across 17 topics through 89 Bunkabop connections, concentrated in military history, Ottoman-era history, and government. The city shares ties with Aleppo, Latakia, and Damascus. Arab caliphate armies took the city in 636 under Ubadah ibn al-Samit. A former Catholic cathedral now houses the National Museum of Tartus since 1956. The city also hosted a Russian naval support facility, used by the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in 2012, and produced playwright Saadallah Wannous, the first Arab to deliver the International Theatre Day address.

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