Aleppo airport out of service due to suspected Israeli attack

March 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Aleppo International Airport would have suffered an attack by the Israel Defense Forces and would be out of service, according to the Syrian state news agency Sana.

The attack, which has not yet been confirmed by Israel, would have occurred this Tuesday at two in the morning local time, and would have caused material damage, leaving it out of service, reports Sana, citing military sources speaking on behalf of the government. Sirius.

The last attack attributed to Israel in Syria took place in February, when the Israeli Air Force carried out an attack against several points in Damascus, including a residential neighborhood, which left 15 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

This is the fourth Israeli attack on Syrian territory since the beginning of 2023, according to the aforementioned body, which is based in London and is an informant in the Arab country.

The observatory documented in 2022 a total of 32 airstrikes perpetrated by Israel against various positions in Syria, destroying about 91 targets and in which one civilian and 89 combatants died, injuring another 121 people.