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Israel’s navy has fired missiles in the direction of the worldwide airport of Syria’s capital, placing it out of service and killing two troopers and wounding two others, the Syrian military says.
The assault early on Monday, the second in seven months to place the Damascus Worldwide Airport out of service, induced materials harm in a close-by space, the military mentioned, with out giving additional particulars.
Israel has focused airports and ports in government-held elements of Syria in an obvious try to stop arms shipments from Iran to militant teams backed by Tehran, together with Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
An opposition warfare monitor reported the Israeli strikes hit the airport in addition to an arms depot near the power south of Damascus. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned 4 folks had been killed within the strike.
There was no remark from Israel.
On June 10, Israeli airstrikes that struck Damascus Worldwide Airport induced important harm to infrastructure and runways. It reopened two weeks later after repairs.
In September, Israeli airstrikes hit the worldwide airport of the northern metropolis of Aleppo, Syria’s largest and as soon as industrial heart, additionally placing it out of service for days.
In late 2021, Israeli warplanes fired missiles that struck the port of Latakia hitting containers and igniting an enormous hearth.
Israel has carried out tons of of strikes on targets inside government-controlled elements of Syria lately, however hardly ever acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, nevertheless, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant teams, similar to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has despatched hundreds of fighters to assist Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Hundreds of Iran-backed fighters have joined Syria’s 11-year civil warfare and helped tip the steadiness of energy in Assad’s favor.
Israel says an Iranian presence on its northern frontier is a purple line that justifies its strikes on services and weapons inside Syria.
-AAP
