This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Egyptian front International front The Second Battle of Latakia was a small naval battle of the Yom Kippur War fought on 11 October 1973 between Israel and Syria.

[1] As the boats began their attack, Barkai ordered them to turn their electronic countermeasures (ECM) on and at the same time proceed to their targets at 40 knots.

As they had been during the earlier battle, Syrian radar operators were confused, believing they were tracking five groups of targets with a combined 17 ships between 12 and 15 nautical miles off the coast.

As a result, Israeli Gabriel missiles sank two of the merchant ships, one Japanese and one Greek.

The Israelis ultimately failed to ignite any of the oil tanks and could only account for probable hits on one Osa-class and one Komar-class boat.