Syria says Israel strike puts Damascus airport briefly out of service

SMA NEWS – AMMAN
Israel’s military fired missiles toward the international airport of Syria’s capital early Monday, putting it briefly out of service and killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the Syrian army said.
A volley of air-launched missiles had hit the airport at 2 a.m., the army said in a statement. They had come from the direction of Lake Tiberias in Israel.
Missiles had also hit targets in the south of Damascus, killing two members of the Syrian armed forces and causing some damage, the army said.
The transport ministry said in an online statement that workers had removed debris from the strikes and that flights would resume by 9 a.m.
Earlier, two regional intelligence sources said the strikes had hit an outpost near the airport of Iran’s Quds Force and militias it backs. Their presence has spread in Syria in recent years.
The Israel Defence Force did not immediately comment on the attack.