SOHR: Syria’s Aleppo airport to reopen after Israel strikes

 

Flights were to resume from Aleppo Friday after repairs were carried out to Syria’s second-largest airport following an Israeli air strike earlier this week.

Damage to the main runway in Tuesday’s raid had put the airport out of service, but the transport ministry said repairs had now been completed, and the airport was ready to reopen.

In a state SANA news agency statement, the ministry said that air traffic would resume from midday (09:00 GMT).

The Israeli strike, which Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said targeted a warehouse used by Iran-backed militias, was the second to hit the airport in just a week.

Since civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against its northern neighbor, targeting government troops, allied Iran-backed forces, and Hezbollah fighters.

 

 

Source:  Jordan News