user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: COunt the Year which has a Venue of latakia , syria?
Columns: ['Year', 'Competition', 'Venue', 'Position', 'Event']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1983.0, 'Mediterranean Games', 'Latakia , Syria', '1st', '4x400 m relay']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Year") FROM "Table" WHERE "Venue" = 'latakia , syria';