A suspected drone attack left an oil tanker ablaze off the coast of Syria, the country’s state media said. Unconfirmed reports suggest the tanker was Iranian.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, which threatened one of the vessel’s tanks, the Syrian Arab news agency reported on Saturday.
Syria’s oil ministry had originally reported the tanker fire, with officials telling state-run media that the ship had been attacked by a drone that came from Lebanese waters. Separately, reports suggested the tanker was of Iranian origin, though this could not be immediately verified.
The fire was extinguished shortly afterwards, Syrian officials reported.
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