An Israeli airstrike hit the Aleppo airport early Tuesday and put it out of service, Syrian state media reported.
has acknowledged, however, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support President Assad’s forces.
Aleppo, which suffered widespread destruction in Syria’s civil war, was again heavily damaged in the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria last month. A number of countries have since sent aid shipments to the city’s airport., killing at least five people and wounding 15, according to Syrian state news.’s military fired missiles toward the capital’s international airport, putting it out of service and killing two soldiers.
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