Zionist entity missiles hit arms depot in Aleppo

A Zionist missile strike destroyed a suspected arms depot used by Iran-backed militias at Syria’s Aleppo airport Wednesday, a war monitor said, with authorities saying the strike put the airport out of service. It was the second such attack in a month on the airport in Syria’s second city, which has been a major conduit for relief flights since a February 6 earthquake devastated swathes of northern Syria and neighbouring Turkey.

The pre-dawn strike targeted “the airport compound and a weapons depot belonging to pro-Iranian forces on the airport’s perimeter,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said. The Britain-based war monitor said the arms depot was “completely destroyed”.

The Syrian defence ministry reported “damage” but did not immediately mention any casualties. “Around 3:55 am (0055 GMT), the Zionist enemy carried out an air attack... targeting Aleppo international airport, leading to some material damage,” a ministry statement said. “A number of missiles” were fired from the Mediterranean west of the coastal city of Latakia, it added. The transport ministry said the strikes caused damage to the runway and to airport equipment, forcing all flights to be redirected to Damascus or to Latakia on the Mediterranean coast.

The Zionist military rarely comments on individual strikes against Syria, but has vowed repeatedly to keep up its air campaign to stop arch foe Iran consolidating its presence. The Zionist military said Wednesday that “we do not comment on reports in the foreign media”, its standard response when questioned about such strikes. Previous strikes blamed on Zionist entity have also stopped flights using the airport following damage to the runway. On March 7, three people were killed in an Zionist strike on the airport that brought air traffic, including relief flights, to a halt.