DAMASCUS, Jun 11 (NNN-SANA) – Syria announced the suspension of all flights at Damascus airport, following the overnight Israeli missile strikes, on sites south of the Syrian capital.
In a statement, the Syrian Ministry of Transport said, some technical devices and equipment went out of service at the airport, without specifying the cause of the malfunction.
New flight dates will be announced once technical issues are solved and safety is ensured, the ministry noted.
Meanwhile, the pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that, the airport’s northern runway sustained damage, during the Israeli dawn strikes, on three warehouses at the airport zone.
The strikes also caused damage to the control tower inside the airport, the London-based watchdog added.
The northern runway remained the only operational runway for the Damascus airport, since its southern one was rendered out of service by a round of Israeli strikes in 2021.
Israel launched airstrikes on sites south of Damascus at 4.00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) yesterday, injuring one civilian, the Syrian army said in a statement.
This is the third Israeli airstrike on what it calls Iranian sites inside Syria this week.
An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment.
For several years, Israel has been attacking what it described as Iranian-linked targets in Syria, where the Israeli regime alleges, Tehran-backed forces, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, have been deployed to help President Bashar al-Assad.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian condemned the attack as a “clear violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity… (and) contrary to international law and human principles,” in a phone call with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, Iran’s state media reported.
Earlier this week, the Syrian and Russian war jets carried out military drills to strengthen the capability of the Syrian air force to intercept Israeli missiles.– NNN-SANA
