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The answer is: one. Syria has two major ports, Tartus and Latakia. Latakia is the larger of the two, with a cargo handling capacity of 6.5 million tons per year, compared to Tartus's 5 million tons per year. Latakia also handles more container traffic than Tartus, with a capacity of 1.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year, compared to Tartus's 0.5 million TEUs per year.