Alleged Israeli attack puts Aleppo airport out of service

2023-08-28 06:07:04

DAMASCUS (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit the international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, damaging a runway and putting it out of service, Syrian media reported.

The state news agency SANA, citing a military official, said Israeli planes from the Mediterranean Sea carried out the attack at regarding 4:30 a.m. No deaths were reported.

The airport has been attacked several times this year, including twice in March that also put it out of action.

Israeli authorities had no immediate comment.

Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, including attacks on airports in Damascus and Aleppo, but rarely acknowledges or speaks regarding the operations. Often the targets are Syrian military forces or Iranian-backed groups.

Aleppo, hit by widespread destruction in Syria’s civil war, was also badly damaged by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this year.

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