This airport was used to transport foreign humanitarian aid to the city harshly struck by the earthquake which devastated several regions of Syria and Turkey on February 6.
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A raid targeted on Tuesday, March 7, at dawn, Aleppo city airport in northern Syria, put it out of service, announced the Syrian Ministry of Defense, which awarded This raid to the Israeli neighbor.
“At exactly 02 h 07 (00 h 07 in Paris), the Israeli enemy has led a air attack from the Mediterranean, west of Lattaquié, and targeted Aleppo International Airport,” said The Ministry of Defense in a press release. The strike caused material damage that put the airport out of service, added the ministry, without reporting victims.
Aleppo airport was used to transport foreign humanitarian aid to this city, hard hit by the earthquake which devastated several regions of Syria and neighboring Turkey on February 6. More than eighty aircraft in charge of humanitarian aid have landed at this airport since the earthquake, which left nearly 6,000 dead in Syria, said on Tuesday at AFP Souleiman Khalil, an official at the Syrian Ministry of Syrian Transport .
The planes confined to Damascus and Lattaquié
He said the Tarmac had been damaged, but that no plane had been hit. “It is no longer possible to accommodate planes loaded with help as long as the damage is not repaired,” he added.
Humanitarian aid and other flights have been confused to Damascus and Lattaquié airports, according to the Ministry of Transport.
According to the official Syrian Sana agency, the Syrian anti -aircraft defense (DCA) has taken action against “enemy missiles”. Questioned by AFP, an Israeli military spokesman refused to comment.
In recent years, Israel has conducted hundreds of air strikes in Syria, targeting positions of the regime as well as Iranian forces and Lebanese Hezbollah, Damascus allies and sworn enemies of Israel. The Hebrew State, neighboring Syria, rarely comments on strikes on a case -by -case basis, but says it wants to prevent Iran from setting up at its doors.