The first attack happened when Israel warplanes hit the container terminal, resulting in another fire on Doc. 7, Syrian media reported.
Firefighters contained a fire at the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday, officials said, after Israel missiles struck the port for the second time this month. The missiles were launched from the Mediterranean sea, west of Latakia causing the fire in the container terminal in the early morning, an unnamed military official said to the official state news agency SANA. State media reported Syrian air defenses activated when the missiles began to fall upon the terminal at approximately 3:20 a.m. Tuesday’s explosion could be heard miles away and caused more damage than the previous attack, according to Syrian officials and state media. The first attack happened when Israel warplanes hit the container terminal, resulting in another fire on Doc.7, Syrian media reported. The attack targeted the port that manages a majority of the imports to Syria, which is facing a 10-year civil war and sanctions enforced from Western countries. Firefighters combated the flames after the attack, the military official said. The head of the Latakia fire department, Major Mohannad Jafaar, said 12 trucks worked for hours to contain the fire.
