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Israel Allegedly Strikes Syria’s Aleppo Airport

MAR 7 2023·Updated MAR 8 2023

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The Facts

Syrian state media reported early on Tuesday that a strike, allegedly carried out by Israel, hit Aleppo's international airport, causing "material damage" and taking it out of service.
France 24
A Syrian Transport Ministry official reported that aid flights for those affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck the region last month would be diverted to Damascus and Latakia airports, as Aleppo airport was the main conduit of aid into the area.
Dw.Com
Aleppo city, as well as its environs, suffered widespread destruction during Syria’s civil war and was again heavily damaged in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria in February. Multiple nations have sent aid through the airport.
Al Jazeera
This was the second attack on Aleppo airport in six months and, according to Syrian media, Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles launched from the Mediterranean, west of the coastal city of Latakia. The Israeli military declined to comment on the attack.
Reuters
This is the second presumed Israeli strike in Syria since last month's earthquake. Israel has regularly hit targets in Syria, associating most of them with Iran and its proxies.
Asharq AL
On Feb. 19, a strike killed at least four civilians and one soldier and left multiple others injured in the central Damascus neighborhood of Kafr Sousa.
ITN

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Israel has been clear that it will not permit Iran to freely move weapons and fighters through Syria if such activities threaten Israeli security. It is therefore legitimate for Israel to target Iranian assets in any of the countries into which Iran has dug its tentacles. Tehran is using the tragic earthquake as a cover to move weapons into Syria and, unfortunately, Israel must defend itself by responding to this kind of militaristic aggression.

The Times of Israel

Establishment-critical narrative

This is just another example of Israel's unjustified aggression toward Syria and the resistance as a whole. While the West continually lectures the world on national sovereignty, it says nothing when Israel attacks civilian infrastructure. Even as Syrians are being pulled from the rubble following a massive humanitarian disaster, Israel is continuing to bomb vulnerable regions.

Al Mayadeen English