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Two troopers killed as Israeli raid places Damascus Worldwide Airport out of service for the second time in lower than a yr.
Syria’s army says an Israeli air raid has killed no less than two Syrian troopers and put the nation’s primary worldwide airport out of service.
The air raid, which focused the Damascus Worldwide Airport and its environment, happened at round 2:00am on Monday (23:00 GMT), the army mentioned in an announcement carried by the official SANA information company.
The assault resulted within the “dying of two troopers, the wounding of two others, some materials losses” and put the airport out of service, the assertion mentioned.
There was no instant remark from Israel.
The incident marked the second time that the Damascus Worldwide Airport was put out of service in lower than a yr.
On June 10, Israeli air raids that hit the airport caused significant damage to infrastructure and runways.
It reopened two weeks later after repairs.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled components of Syria lately, however hardly ever acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, nonetheless, that it targets bases of Iran-allied armed teams, equivalent to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has despatched 1000’s of fighters to help Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
