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Syrian defence ministry mentioned Aleppo airport was broken by missiles in what’s the third Israeli assault in six months.

An Israeli air assault has hit Syria’s Aleppo airport inflicting some “materials injury” within the second strike on the power this month, the Syrian defence ministry has mentioned, in line with information studies.

Marking the third assault on Aleppo airport in six months, Israel launched “various missiles from the Mediterranean Sea, west of the coastal metropolis of Latakia, at 3:55 am” (00:55 GMT), the defence ministry mentioned early on Wednesday in a press release on Fb.

Earlier this month, Syrian state media mentioned that an Israeli air raid on Aleppo’s airport had broken a runway, which was taken out of service.

The assault on Aleppo’s airport, a metropolis that was closely broken within the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria in February, pressured the rerouting of humanitarian help to Damascus and Latakia, in line with state media.

Israel has carried out lots of of air assaults in opposition to Syria however not often admits accountability. Israeli officers say the assaults are geared toward suspected Iranian-sponsored weapons dumps and personnel.

The assaults are mentioned to be a part of an escalation of what has been a low-intensity battle in opposition to what Israel describes as Iran-linked targets in Syria that help President Bashar al-Assad within the civil warfare, which began in 2011.