DAMASCUS — Israeli warplanes fired missiles that struck the port of Latakia early on Tuesday, hitting containers and igniting a huge fire, Syrian state media said.
It was a rare attack on the city’s port, a vital facility where much of Syria’s imports are brought into the war-torn country, AP reported.
Syria’s state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that several missiles struck the container area in the port, setting some of them on fire. There were no casualties from the airstrike, according to the official, who gave no further details.
Syrian state TV reported that five explosions were heard in the port. A huge fire erupted in the container area, and fire engines rushed to the port.
There was no comment from the Israeli military, which has conducted hundreds of airstrikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria over the course of its 10 year civil war, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
