IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada . (photo credit:COURTESY IDF SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE)
The Atlantic: Report: Israel Strikes Target in Syria ... Again
Media in both countries are reporting that Damascus Airport was hit by Israeli planes.
Over the course of Syria’s four-and-a-half-year-old civil war, Israel has quietly been drawn in at times. It occasionally treats wounded Syrians in its hospitals and, according to reports, occasionally bombs weapon conveys or retaliates for cross-border fire.
On Wednesday night, Israel reportedly launched another strike against targets at or near the airport in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which is under the control of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“Opposition media outlets [in Syria] reported that explosions were heard at the airport, followed by a power outage and the temporary grounding of aircraft,” the Israeli paper Ynet reported, noting a Facebook page associated with the Assad regime also claimed an attack has taken place. Notably, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington, D.C., where he was having a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
More News On Today's Israeli Air Strike On Damascus Airport
Syrian media reports Israeli airstrike near Damascus airport -- Jerusalem Post
Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus airport -- Times of Israel
Reports from Syria: Israel attacked Damascus Airport -- YNet News
Israeli Jets Strike Damascus Targets, Syrian Media Says -- Algemeiner
Report: IAF strikes Damascus Airport -- Aurtz Sheva
Israel warplanes strike near Syria airport: Report -- Press TV
