According to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an Iranian fuel tanker was reportedly attacked off the Syrian coast on Saturday.
It was unclear what had happened, as Iran media was slow to report details. However, the Syrian state media did quote an oil ministry member as saying a fire took place on what was believed to be been caused by a drone attack.
Iran’s Arabic-language al-Alam TV said there was some damage to an Iranian tanker but no casualties. But Iran’s Tasnim news agency said that the accident happened to another vessel and is not linked to a ship carrying Iranian cargo.
The pro-Damascus al-Mayadeen TV said the tanker was suspected to have been hit by an Israeli drone. The ever peaceful Israeli military declined to comment on the incident.
In March, a Wall Street Journal story said that Israel had struck “dozens” of Iranian vessels bound for Syria. Iran said it had a right to retaliate on March 15, 2021.
In early April, an Iranian ship believed to serve as an IRGC mother ship and used for surveillance and possibly terror operations, was struck in the Red Sea. Iran blamed Israel and the US regime for the attack on the Saviz ship, which it denied was a mother ship.
Several Israeli-owned ships have also been attacked, allegedly by Iran. One was reported struck on April 13 and others were hit on February 26 and also March 25, 2021.
The attacks targeted the Helios Ray and Hyperian Ray. Iran also vowed revenge for what it said was “nuclear terror” on its Natanz enrichment facility on April 12, 2021. Israel has been angered by the ship attacks.
The attack on the ship off the coast of Syria was the next in line to have occurred.
However, firefighting teams managed to extinguish a fire in one of the tanks of an oil tanker off the coastal city of Baniyas after a suspected drone attack from Lebanese territorial waters.
The use of drones is increasing in the Middle East. US Central Command head Kenneth McKenzie warned about Iran’s proliferation of drones in the region and how these drones can lead to the US military losing its basic air superiority.
The Syrian tanker that may have been attacked by a drone would be one of the first examples of a drone attack on a ship. Iran and the Syrian regime are allies so it is not likely Iran attacked the ship. Other countries in the region use drones.
Jerusalem Post / ABC Flash Point News 2021.
I LOVE HEARING IRAN BEING ATTACKED . I LOVE ISRAEL
Maybe its time 4U to go living over there and join the start up program, than settle near to the Golan Heights I would suggest, where there is lots of oil to be found, promising a clear and bright blistering future.
You love Israel, a country that commits structural genocide (Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and so on) on any other race on this planet or supports killing any other religious counterpart?? May God forgive you innocent attitude based on hatred and murder.
The world must stay alert, because one day, when the opposition finds a way to digitally neutralize the Israeli Nuke facilities, the game is over and out.
Iran has Israel completely surrounded, so that the only way out is to deploy more nuclear devices (Lebanon) in order to follow the hostile genocidal agenda?