Israel Strikes Damascus Again – Syrian Media
- Israel Strikes Damascus Again – Syrian Media
by https://www.rt.com/ , 16 Sep 2022
Multiple missiles were reportedly fired at the airport and areas south of the capital
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At least five Syrian servicemen were killed after Israel launched airstrikes targeting Damascus and areas to the south of the capital in the early hours of Saturday, state news agency SANA reported, citing a military source.
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“At approximately 0:45am this morning, the Israeli enemy carried out air aggression with rockets from the northeastern direction of Lake Tiberias [Sea of Galilee], targeting Damascus International Airport and some points south of Damascus,” a source told SANA.
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While the Syrian air defenses “shot down a number” of missiles, the military acknowledged the deaths of at least five “military personnel and some material losses” on the ground. The Israeli military neither confirms nor denies its reported raids, in line with its long-standing policy to not comment on operations conducted outside the country.
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Over the past several weeks, Israel has conducted multiple strikes against various targets in Syria, and its two remaining major airports in particular, as confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry. On August 31, a missile attack temporarily disabled Aleppo International Airport and also caused damage to the airport in Damascus. A week later, on September 6, another missile struck the runway of the Aleppo airport.
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