Israeli airstrikes target military airport in Aleppo – Russian official
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – The Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria said on Tuesday that Israeli airstrikes targeted the al-Nayrab Airport in Aleppo Governorate, northwest Syria, injuring three individuals.
According to RT Arabic, Vadim Kulit, Deputy chief of the Center at Khmeimim Airbase, a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, stated that on Feb. 12 two F-16 tactical fighter jets of the Israeli air force launched an air strike with two cruise missiles from the territory of Lebanon without entering Syrian airspace at Nayrab Airport, which is a section in the Aleppo International Airport used for military purposes.
On Monday North press correspondent reported that ambulances headed towards Aleppo Airport after hearing sounds of explosions.
The airstrikes resulted in the injury of three civilian employees at the airport, Kulit added.
In a related context, three Syrian soldiers in the village of Ruweiha in the south of Idlib, northwestern Syria were injured in an IED explosion dropped by a drone coming from the direction of Idlib, the Russian official said.
He also pointed out that a Syrian soldiers was killed and nine others were injured in a mortar attack on posts of the government forces in the countryside of Latakia.