An overnight airstrike attributed to Israel caused massive material damage early Tuesday to buildings at the Syrian port of Latakia, the state-run SANA news reported.
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According to Israel's N12 news site, Syrian reports claimed that the country's air defense intercepted fired by Israeli aircraft.
A Syrian military official announced that at 3:21 a.m. Tuesday, "the "Israeli enemy carried out a missile airstrike from the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, on a container platform at the Latakia trade port."
The strike hit containers in the port, setting off a fire. There were no reports of wounded.
Israel has allegedly carried out hundreds of strikes since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, although it seldom directly acknowledges responsibility for them. Israel says it will not allow a build-up of Iranian influence in the country, including foreign militias funded by Tehran.
Earlier this month, a similar strike hit Latakia, causing fires but no casualties, according to reports. N12 noted that Latakia is considered a stronghold of the family of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Alawite sect in Syria.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the incident was the first attack on the Latakia port since the start of the conflict.
i24NEWS contributed to this report
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