Israeli air raids target Syrian city of Aleppo as regional tensions rise
Al Jazeera
Syrian defence ministry says the ‘aerial aggression’ came from the Mediterranean and hit a number of places.
Israel has targeted Iranian military positions in Syria’s Aleppo with an air raid, causing some material damage, according to the Syrian Ministry of Defence.
“Israel carried out an aerial aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, targeting a number of points south of the city of Aleppo,” the statement said on Saturday.
The Syrian state media, citing a military source, said “the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack… targeting a number of points south of the city of Aleppo” at about 5:20pm (14:20 GMT) on Saturday.
Pro-government radio station Sham FM said the attacks were near Aleppo’s airport, but did not damage it.
“It seems these attacks in Aleppo were conducted from the sea,” Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reported from Naqoura in southern Lebanon.
