Israel’s Damascus Airport Strike Paralyzes Travel and Heralds New Phase of Syria Conflict

Shortly after dawn on June 10, Damascus International Airport was bombarded by Israeli missiles, leaving three huge craters in each of its two operational runways.

Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against Syria. While Israel rarely comments on individual air strikes, it has acknowledged carrying them out, which it says are necessary to prevent Iran from gaining a foothold in Syria.

Syrian Transport Minister Zuhair Khuzaim said: "The workshops are working around the clock to restore Damascus International Airport to service as soon as possible, and it will be put back into service within the next few days."

A member of the ground staff working with Syrian Airways told Middle East Eye: "We were surprised that this kind of attack happened on a civilian airport, even if we fix it [runway] when will it stop?"

"There is a possibility that this might happen again. I and my team survived the strike but the country is now restricted from an aviation perspective, there are no guarantees this won't happen again."

? Source: Middle East Eye

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