Monday, August 28, 2023

Syria says Israel struck Aleppo airport, putting it out of service

Israel launched an airstrike against an international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo before dawn on Monday, putting it out of service, Syria’s state-run media reported.

The Syrian state news agency, SANA, said that at around 4:30 a.m., Israeli Air Force warplanes fired their missiles from over the Mediterranean Sea, west of the coastal Syrian city of Latakia, and targeted Aleppo International Airport.

It said the airport was forced shut temporarily due to heavy damage caused to the runway by the strikes. READ MORE