Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service - ABC News

BEIRUT -- Israel’s subject fired missiles toward the planetary airdrome of Syria's superior aboriginal Monday, putting it retired of work and sidesplitting 2 soldiers and wounding 2 others, the Syrian service said.

The attack, which occurred soon aft midnight Sunday, was the 2nd successful 7 months to enactment the Damascus International Airport retired of commission. It caused worldly harm successful a adjacent area, the service said, without giving further details.

Syria's Ministry of Transport said enactment to repair the harm began instantly and aboriginal Monday, immoderate flights resumed portion enactment successful different parts of the airdrome continued.

Israel has targeted airports and ports successful government-held parts of Syria successful an evident effort to forestall arms shipments from Iran to militant groups backed by Tehran, including Lebanon's Hezbollah.

An absorption warfare show reported the Israeli strikes deed the airdrome arsenic good arsenic an arms depot adjacent to the installation southbound of Damascus. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 4 radical were killed successful the strike.

The conflicting reports could not instantly beryllium reconciled.

The Observatory said the runway utilized for civilian flights was fixed portion another, utilized for cargo transport, remains retired of service. That runway is besides utilized by Iran-backed backed groups, the Observatory added.

Later connected Monday, Syria's Foreign Ministry said the strikes are “part of a bid of Israeli crimes” targeting Syria. The ministry, successful a statement, called connected the U.N. Security Council to condemn the “Israeli crimes and aggressions” adding that those liable should beryllium held accountable and specified attacks should not beryllium repeated.

There was nary remark from Israel.

Syrian authorities TV reported that the backstage Cham Wings resumed flights portion the flight-tracking website Flightradar24 showed a formation by Iraq's backstage Fly Baghdad coming from the Iraqi metropolis of Najaf was astir to onshore soon astir 9 a.m. successful Damascus.

On June 10, Israeli airstrikes that struck Damascus International Airport caused important harm to infrastructure and runways. It reopened 2 weeks aboriginal aft repairs.

In September, Israeli airstrikes deed the planetary airdrome of the bluish metropolis of Aleppo, Syria's largest and erstwhile commercialized center, besides putting it retired of work for days.

In precocious 2021, Israeli warplanes fired missiles that struck the larboard of Latakia hitting containers and igniting a immense fire.

Israel has carried retired hundreds of strikes connected targets wrong government-controlled parts of Syria successful caller years, but seldom acknowledges oregon discusses specified operations.

Israel has acknowledged, however, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, specified arsenic Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to enactment Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.

Thousands of Iran-backed fighters person joined Syria's 11-year civilian warfare and helped extremity the equilibrium of powerfulness successful Assad’s favor.

Israel says an Iranian beingness connected its bluish frontier is simply a reddish enactment that justifies its strikes connected facilities and weapons wrong Syria.