There was no remark from Israeli officers and it was not instantly clear if there have been any casualties.
Syria’s Ministry of Transportation mentioned all flights that have been supposed to go to Aleppo will land within the capital, Damascus, or the worldwide airport within the coastal province of Latakia.
Because the Feb. 6, earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria killing greater than 50,000 individuals, together with 6,000 in Syria, scores of flights carrying support from completely different nations have landed on the Aleppo airport.
Israel has carried out a whole lot of strikes on targets inside government-controlled components of Syria in recent times, together with assaults on the Damascus and Aleppo airports, however it not often acknowledges or discusses the operations.
Israel has focused airports and sea ports within the government-held components of Syria in an obvious try to stop arms shipments from Iran to militant teams backed by Tehran, together with Lebanon’s Hezbollah. 1000’s of Iran-backed fighters from across the area joined Syria’s 12-year battle serving to tip the stability in favor of President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Aleppo, which suffered widespread destruction in Syria’s civil struggle, was once more closely broken within the lethal 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria final month.
On Feb. 19, Israeli airstrikes focused residential areas in Damascus, killing not less than 5 individuals and wounding 15, in response to Syrian state media.
On Jan. 2, the Syrian military mentioned Israel’s army fired missiles towards Damascus’ worldwide airport, placing it out of service and killing two troopers. That assault got here amid Israeli fears the airport was getting used to funnel Iranian weaponry into the nation.
In September, Israeli airstrikes additionally hit the Aleppo airport, placing it out of service for days.