A suspected missile strike on an oil-loading facility used by Turkey-backed opposition forces in northern Syria has sparked a massive blaze across a large area where oil tankers are normally parked, aerial and satellite images show. In a report, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, said Russian warships in the Mediterranean had fired three missiles that struck primitive oil refineries and tanker trucks in the region. It said more than 180 trucks and tankers were burned in the massive blaze, and at least four people killed and 24 wounded. Past satellite photos of the site, some 45 miles north-east of the Syrian city of Aleppo, showed hundreds of tanker trucks gathered in the area. Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency reported they were ballistic missiles, but said it was not clear who carried out the attacks.

Source: Irish Independent March 07, 2021 16:18 UTC