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Israel Bombs Damascus Airport in Syria

HeadlineSep 19, 2022

Israel has bombed the Damascus International Airport in Syria again. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the bombing killed five Syrian soldiers and two members of Iran-backed groups. The United Nations recently revealed that an Israeli strike on the Damascus International Airport in June prevented the U.N. from flying humanitarian aid into Syria for two weeks. In recent years Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks inside Syria, including multiple attacks targeting airports.

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