At least three killed as Iranian fuel tanker attacked off Syria

State news agency says fatal fire broke out after ambush thought to have involved drone

At least three people died when an Iranian fuel tanker was attacked off Syria's coast on Saturday, in the first assault of its kind since the Syrian civil war started a decade ago, a war monitor said.

At least three Syrians were killed, including two members of the crew," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.