DAMASCUS — The official Syrian SANA news broadcaster
reported Monday morning, August 28, that Israeli army forces carried out an
airstrike on Aleppo International Airport, causing heavy damage and putting it
out of service.
اضافة اعلان
An hour after the attack was reported, the
Civil Aviation Authority of Syria issued a notice to the pilots that the only runway at the
airport in Aleppo was closed for repair work in the wake of the attack.
According to the report, the attack took place around 4:30
a.m., Israeli media reported. The Arabic-language Sputnik network reported that
Syrian air defense systems were activated to intercept the Israeli attack, but
that only some of the missiles were successfully intercepted.
Previous incursions
The report came a week after an Israeli attack in the area
of the Syria’s capital, Damascus. According to the Syrian media reports at the
time of the attack, explosions were heard in the area of the capital city and
the Syrian Ministry of Defense said that the attack took place at 11:05 p.m.
from the direction of the Golan Heights, and that a
Syrian soldier was injured
in the attack.
The Syrian Network for Monitoring
Human Rights, an
organization based in London and affiliated with the opposition in the country,
later reported that two people were killed in the attack, and that the
Syrian air defense systems were activated against the Israeli attack, in an attempt to
intercept the missiles. He also reported that Israeli missiles hit at least
three Russian army sites in Syria.
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