Syria reports Israeli airstrikes on Damascus and Aleppo airports

The Syrian state news agency reported Israeli airstrikes against Damascus and Aleppo airports in the early hours of Sunday (22).

“At approximately 5:25 am today [em horário local]the Israeli enemy simultaneously carried out an aerial aggression with missiles coming from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, and from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting the international airports of Damascus and Aleppo,” the agency reported, citing a military source.

They also said that a worker at Damascus airport was killed and another was injured.

The agency also reported that damage to the runways at both airports had put them out of service and that air traffic was being diverted to the city of Latakia.

The Israel Defense Forces told CNN who had no position on the case.

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Source: CNN Brasil

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