Syria says Israeli warplanes hit Latakia port containers

There were no casualties from the airstrike, according to the official, who gave no further details.

Israeli warplanes fired missiles that struck the port of Latakia early on Tuesday, hitting containers and igniting a huge fire, Syrian state media said.

It was a rare attack on the city’s port, a vital facility where much of Syria’s imports are brought into the war-torn country.

Syria’s state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that several missiles struck the containers area in the port, setting some of them on fire. There were no casualties from the airstrike, according to the official, who gave no further details.