Syria says Israeli air strike targets Latakia port, causing fire


An image grab from a handout video released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Dec 7, 2021 shows fire near containers of the Syrian port of Latakia. - An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia on December 7, 2021, in the first such attack on the key facility, a war monitor said. The Israeli raid "directly targeted an Iranian weapons shipment in the container yard," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Photo by SANA / AFP)

CAIRO (Reuters): Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday (Dec 7), causing a fire in a container storage area that was later extinguished, Syrian state media reported.

An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment on the reports. The Syrian reports did not mention any casualties.

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