An Israeli satellite company and intelligence firm published images Wednesday showing damage at Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria following an airstrike attributed to Israel the previous night.
Tuesday night’s strike against the airport was the second in under a week, after bombings blamed on Israel last Wednesday targeted the airport’s runway and radio navigation system.
Syria’s Transportation Ministry announced Tuesday night that all flights were being redirected to the Damascus airport, as the Aleppo airport was “out of service” following the airstrike.
ImageSat International (ISI) said the recent airstrikes targeted three locations along the runway.
Last week’s strike only hit one section of the runway, shortening its length to prevent large planes from landing.
Syria’s foreign ministry accused Israel of a “war crime according to international law” over the latest airstrikes.
“Israel must be held to account for it,” a foreign ministry statement said, according to the Reuters news agency.
There were no reports of injuries in the latest attack.
Syria, like many Middle East nations, has dual-use airports that include civilian and military sides.
Aleppo is a major city in northern Syria, near its border with Turkey, and is an uncommon — though not unprecedented — target for reported Israeli airstrikes.
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