Click to see full-size image. By the Israeli Air Force.
A series of Israeli strikes hit Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria on October 25 afternoon, knocking it out of service, according to the Syrian official SANA news agency.
“At 13:25 p.m. [local time] today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack from the Mediterranean Sea, west of Lattakia, targeting Aleppo International Airport, resulting in material damage to the airport’s runway and putting it out of service,” a military source told SANA.
The attack marked the fourth time the runway at Aleppo International Airport has been hit since the Israeli-Hamas war broke out on October 7. The airport was targeted by Israel on October 12, 14, and 22, and was due to open after repairs following the last strike.
The attacks on October 12 and 22 also targeted Damascus International Airport near the Syrian capital. The last attack on the airport claimed the lives of two civilian employees.
Israel appears to be planning to keep Syria’s two main airports out of service during the war in the Gaza Strip to prevent the shipment of advanced weapons from Iran to its various Middle East allies, chief among them Hezbollah who has been launching attacks from southern Lebanon since the start of the war.
The latest attack on Aleppo International Airport came after the IDF announced in the early morning that it had struck several military targets in southern Syria in response to a rocket attack that targeted the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights a day earlier. The strikes killed eight Syrian troops and wounded seven others, according to the SANA.
Israel could escalate its attacks on Syria in coming days in an attempt to drag the country into the war which could help it solicit more support from the United States and other allies.
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myslím, že by sa mali aktivovať ruské s400!!! mali by si vyskúšať svoju účinnosť voči lietadlám, ktoré má (zto) nato!!! bude to pre ruské vojská obrovská skúsenosť na nezaplatenie!!! a zároveň tým aj pomôžu tak dlho skúšanému partnerovi sýrii!!!
they attack an international airport killing civilians and no one in the west seems to have something to say about it…
does anyone know why syria does not hit back with sams at the israel warplanes to defend itself?
they are launched from lebanese airspace, lebanon should have built a air defence years ago.
saying this for the 100 hundreth time ….. shoot down the israeli jets after all didn’t the nazi usa and nazi israel just say every nation has a right to defend itself???? . =z=
and now russia is allowing iranian flightz to land and take off at khmeimim …..too bad zionists
if russia does not provide s-400, can iran not provide some air defense system to protect syrian civilian airports?