DAMASCUS — An Israeli airstrike hit the Aleppo airport early Tuesday and put it out of service, Syrian state media reported.
Citing a navy supply, the state information company SANA mentioned Israel “carried out an air assault from the route of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, focusing on Aleppo Worldwide Airport.” SANA mentioned the strike “triggered materials injury” to the airport.
It was not instantly clear if there have been any casualties.
There was no remark from Israeli officers. Israel has carried out tons of of strikes on targets inside government-controlled elements of Syria in recent times, together with assaults on the Damascus and Aleppo airports, nevertheless it not often acknowledges or discusses the operations.
Israel has acknowledged, nonetheless, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant teams, equivalent to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has despatched 1000’s of fighters to help President Assad’s forces.
Aleppo, which suffered widespread destruction in Syria’s civil battle, was once more closely broken within the lethal 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria final month. Plenty of nations have since despatched assist shipments to the town’s airport.
On Feb. 19, Israeli airstrikes focused residential areas in Syria’s capital, Damascus, killing at the very least 5 folks and wounding 15, in accordance with Syrian state information.
On Jan. 2, the Syrian military mentioned Israel’s navy fired missiles towards the capital’s worldwide airport, placing it out of service and killing two troopers. That assault got here amid Israeli fears the Damascus airport was getting used to funnel Iranian weaponry into the nation.