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A Syrian officer was among the victims. According to the activists, militias loyal to Iran control the area around the airport. However, no targets such as militia arms depots were hit.
The runway was reportedly destroyed and flight operations were temporarily suspended. The state agency Sana also reported damage to property due to the attacks. As is usual in these cases, the Israeli army declined to comment on the reports.
Aleppo was badly damaged in the Syrian civil war. The devastating earthquakes in the Syrian-Turkish border region last month also caused severe damage and there were casualties. Some countries, including Iran, have since sent aid to the Aleppo region. The aid transports had been stopped for the time being because of the attacks, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The damage would be repaired and the airport would be operational again in the coming days.
Israel’s air force regularly bombs targets in neighboring civil war-torn Syria. The airports in Damascus and Aleppo have also been targets of attacks in the past. Israel wants to prevent its archenemy Iran from expanding its military influence in Syria with the help of allied militias. Alongside Russia, Iran is the Syrian government’s most important ally.
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