Loud explosions rang out in the Syrian capital, Damascus, following sustained Israeli shelling Iranian militia websitesMonday morning.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the new raids targeted Hezbollah and Revolutionary Guards militia sites south of Damascus.
Interruption of services at Damascus airport
The sources also added that the Israeli rocket attacks caused the Damascus airport to be disrupted and put it out of service.
He revealed that the raids targeted 3 locations at Damascus International Airport.
Regime-affiliated media in Syria confirmed reports of the Israeli attacks and said they targeted the southern region of the capital, Damascus, in the early hours of Monday morning local time.
The regime’s forces also announced, in a statement, that two soldiers were killed as a result of the Israeli raids, as well as other material losses, while the Observatory announced that the death toll has reached 4 people.
More strikes at the airport.. That’s his goal
Interestingly, Syrian regime forces announced on the 19th of last month that two soldiers were injured and material losses had occurred as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the vicinity of Damascus.
The June bombing put the airstrips out of action
In recent months, according to diplomatic and regional intelligence sources, Israel has stepped up its attacks on Syrian airports to disrupt Tehran’s growing use of aerial supply lines to deliver weapons to its allies in Syria and Lebanon.
In June last year, Israel bombed Damascus airport in an attack that targeted warehouses belonging to Hezbollah militias and Iranian forces in its vicinity, which brought it out of service, because the then-damaged runway was the only one in service at the airport after the second runway was damaged and stopped working, following other Israeli attacks targeting shipments and caches of weapons belonging to pro-Iranian militias on the airport campus in 2021 .
Israel rarely confirms the implementation of attacks in Syria, but reiterates that it will continue to face what it describes as Iran’s attempts to consolidate its military presence there.
