Video: Oil tanker off Syrian coast hit in suspected drone attack

Syria’s oil ministry said firefighters have put out a blaze on an oil tanker, possibly the Panamanian-flagged Wisdom, outside the Baniyas refinery off Syria’s coast after a suspected drone attack.

The SANA news agency said the fire erupted after “what was believed to be an attack by a drone from the direction of Lebanese waters”.

No more details were given and it was not specified where the vessel was arriving from.

The coastal town of Baniyas houses a refinery, which along with another in Homs, covers a significant part of Syrian demand for diesel, heating fuel, gasoline and other petroleum products, according to industry experts.