Israel launches missile attack on Syrian airport in Aleppo. This is reported by the Associated Press with reference to the Syrian state media.. No casualties reported.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organization that monitors the opposition war, said in a statement that Israel fired four rockets aimed at the runway of Aleppo International Airport and warehouses around it.. The group suggested that the warehouses probably contained a batch of Iranian missiles.

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Meanwhile, Syrian state media reported that air defense systems in Damascus opened fire on Israeli missiles they said were aimed at positions south of the Syrian capital.. Opposition War Monitor Claims Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Military Positions.

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against targets in government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.. Israeli military refuses to comment on airstrike on Aleppo airport.

However, Israel admitted that it was targeting the bases of Iranian-linked militant groups such as the Lebanese Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad..

Israel launched an airstrike on a military facility in western Syria last Sunday.. Satellite images show widespread destruction at a warehouse where hundreds of medium-range missiles for Iranian-backed fighters were stored, according to an opposition military observer..

Two weeks ago, Israel launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets near the home of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as well as near Russia's main Syrian bases on the Mediterranean coast..