Fire Extinguished on Oil Tanker Off Syria After Suspected Drone Attack

Fire Extinguished on Oil Tanker Off Syria After Suspected Drone Attack
Smoke rises from a tanker off the coastal city of Baniyas, Syria, on April 24, 2021. SANA/Handout via Reuters
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CAIRO—Syria’s oil ministry said firefighters on Saturday put out a fire on an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery after a suspected attack by a drone coming from the direction of Lebanese waters.

The identity of the vessel was unclear, with Iran’s al-Alam TV saying it was one of three Iranian oil tankers that had recently arrived at the Syrian oil terminal, while the semi-official news agency Tasnim denied it was Iranian.