Syrian state media reports Israel launched an air strike on port of Latakia, setting ablaze the container storage area, damaging nearby buildings in a 2nd attack on the facility this month. Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment on the report.
said Israel had carried out the air strike targeting the container storage area at 3:21 a.m. , causing a fire and leading to “big material damages.”
Fire fighters were working to extinguish the blaze, SANA cited the head of the Latakia fire brigade as saying. The containers targeted in the strike contained oils and spare parts for machines and cars, it quoted him as saying.Citing its correspondent, state-run broadcaster al-Ikhbariya said a number of residential buildings, a hospital and a number of shops and tourist facilities had been damaged by the power of the blasts.
, which has been Assad’s most powerful ally during the war, operates an air base at Hmeimim some 20 km away from Latakia.
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