BEIRUT: Israel‘s navy fired missiles towards the worldwide airport of the capital Damascus early Monday, placing it out of service and killing two troopers and wounding two others, the Syrian military stated.
The assault, the primary this yr, additionally precipitated materials injury in close by space, the military stated with out giving additional particulars.
It was the second time the Damascus Worldwide Airport was put out of service in lower than a yr.
There was no remark from Israel.
On June 10, Israeli airstrikes that struck Damascus International Airport precipitated important injury to infrastructure and runways. It reopened two weeks later after repairs.
Israel has carried out a whole lot of strikes on targets inside government-controlled elements of Syria lately, however not often acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, nonetheless, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant teams, akin to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has despatched hundreds of fighters to help Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s forces.
The assault, the primary this yr, additionally precipitated materials injury in close by space, the military stated with out giving additional particulars.
It was the second time the Damascus Worldwide Airport was put out of service in lower than a yr.
There was no remark from Israel.
On June 10, Israeli airstrikes that struck Damascus International Airport precipitated important injury to infrastructure and runways. It reopened two weeks later after repairs.
Israel has carried out a whole lot of strikes on targets inside government-controlled elements of Syria lately, however not often acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, nonetheless, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant teams, akin to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has despatched hundreds of fighters to help Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s forces.
