Syria Claims Israel Strikes On Damascus, Aleppo Airports

New Delhi: Israel on Thursday knocked Syria's two main airports in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo out of service, news agency AFP reported citing Syrian state media. This is reportedly the first such attack since a weekend Hamas assault on Israel triggered fierce fighting.

According to AFP, Israeli strikes have repeatedly caused the grounding of flights at both the airports controlled by the government of war-torn Syria.

The "simultaneous" strikes damaged landing strips in the two airports, "putting them out of service", state news agency SANA said, citing a military source.