An oil tanker caught fire near a port in northwestern Syria
Xinhua News Agency, Damascus, April 24 (Reporter Zheng Yihan and Wang Jian) The Syrian Ministry of Petroleum said on the 24th that an oil tanker was suspected of being attacked by drones and caught fire in the waters near the port city of Baniyas in northwestern Syria. put out.
According to the Syrian News Agency, citing a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum, an oil tanker was attacked in the waters near Baniyas City, Tartus Province, northwestern Syria. The attack caused a fuel tank on the tanker to ignite, and the tanker’s firefighting team succeeded in controlling it. And put out the fire.
The statement said that the attack was believed to have been launched by a drone from Lebanese waters.
No organization or individual has claimed to have caused this attack.