Iran fuel tanker attacked off Syria
An Iranian tanker was attacked off the coast of war-torn Syria Saturday, sparking a fire but not causing any casualties, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
State news agency SANA quoted the oil ministry as saying the fire erupted after “what was believed to be an attack by a drone from the direction of Lebanese waters”.
The fire was extinguished, it said.
The Observatory was unable to say whether it was a drone attack or a missile fired from a warship.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack near the Banias refinery in the regime-controlled coastal province of Tartus.
