Siege_of_Laodicea_(636)
Siege of Laodicea (636)
636 CE siege of Byzantine Syrian city by the Rashidun Caliphate
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.