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| Syrian air defences respond to ‘Israeli aggression’ targeting port city - state media | Syrian air defences respond to ‘Israeli aggression’ targeting port city - state media |
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| Damascus says it is repelling an alleged Israeli attack targeting the area near a major port on the Mediterranean sea | |
| Syrian air defences were activated after the country's principal port city of Latakia came under a missile attack, which sparked a major fire resulting in damage to the port, Syria’s state media reported. | |
| Footage posted online shows a series of blasts rocking what appears to be the port. | |
| Flames can be seen engulfing the port and lighting up the night skies in another clip from the scene. | |
| The port has reportedly sustained material damage in the strike. “A number of containers” were burned down as the result of the attack, SANA reported. | |
| There have been no reports of casualties. | |
| READ MORE: ‘Israeli airstrikes’ target Syrian port – state media | |
| The airstrike comes exactly three weeks after the port was subject to a similar attack, which Damascus also blamed on Tel Aviv. At that time, several missiles hit the port in an overnight raid, igniting fire in the container area. | |
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