CAIRO: Israel launched an air strike on the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday, setting ablaze the container storage area and damaging nearby buildings in a second attack on the facility this month, Syrian state media reported.
An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment. “We don’t comment on foreign reports,” the spokesperson said.
Israel attacks Syria's central region, kills 2 civilians
The Syrian reports made no mention of any casualties.
Israel has mounted frequent attacks against what it says are Iranian targets in Syria, where Tehran-backed forces including Lebanon’s Hezbollah have deployed over the last decade in support of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s civil war.
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