Israel hits areas in Syria’s Hama and Tartous countryside – Syrian state media

An Israeli air strike knocked Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and triggered “material damage” to the airport, in accordance with Syrian state media.

Amman ,UPDATED: Mar 12, 2023 14:43 IST

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu (AP/File)

By Reuters:

Israel launched a number of rocket strikes on areas in Syria’s Hama province and the coastal Tartous countryside on Sunday, Syrian state media reported.

Rockets flew from throughout northern Lebanon in the direction of their targets, with three army personnel injured in accordance with the report, which gave no additional particulars. An Israeli army spokesperson declined remark.

An Israeli air strike knocked Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and triggered “material damage” to the airport, in accordance with Syrian state media.

Western intelligence sources say the airport assault focused Iranian arms shipments delivered by air beneath the quilt of humanitarian assist and aid air by dozens of planes that have been touchdown on the airport for folks affected by final month’s earthquake.

Israel has in current months intensified strikes on Syrian airports and air bases to disrupt Iran’s rising use of aerial provide traces to ship arms to allies in Syria and Lebanon, together with Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Israel has for years carried out assaults in opposition to what it has described as Iran-linked targets in Syria, the place Tehran’s affect has grown because it started supporting President Bashar al-Assad within the civil battle that started in 2011

The strikes are a part of an escalation of what has been a low-intensity battle termed a “war between wars”, whose purpose was to gradual Iran’s entrenchment in Syria, Israeli army specialists say.

Iran’s proxy militias, led by Hezbollah, now maintain sway in huge areas in japanese, southern and northwestern Syria and in a number of suburbs across the capital.

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Mar 12, 2023