Syria’s Aleppo airport to reopen after Israel strikes
Flights were to resume from Aleppo Friday after repairs were carried out to Syria’s second largest airport following an Israeli air strike earlier this week.
Flights were to resume from Aleppo Friday after repairs were carried out to Syria’s second largest airport following an Israeli air strike earlier this week.
Syria’s Aleppo airport reopened on Friday, with the first civilian flight landing in more than 72 hours, after repairs following an Israeli air strike earlier this week.
Russia’s Aerospace Forces have destroyed a base of the Jabhat Al-Nusra terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) in the Idlib governorate on Thursday, killing over 120 militants.
Russian airstrikes on Syria’s last major rebel bastion in the northwestern province of Idlib killed seven people and wounded 15 on Thursday.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said two of their fighters were killed and six jihadists arrested Thursday following clashes in a volatile Syria camp where a security operation is underway.
Wafaa Keshi, head of the Syrian Pharmacists Syndicate, warned against an increase in demand for tranquilizers among Syrians.
The number of fires in camps for the displaced in northwestern Syria has risen to 126 since the beginning of the year after three new fires broke out on Aug. 24 due to high temperatures inside the tents and a reliance on indoor cooking stoves.
Christians in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib celebrated Saint Anna’s Day Aug. 28 at an Armenian Apostolic Church dedicated to the saint, 10 years after the church was closed.
Moscow denounced as inadmissible the continued Israeli strikes on Syria that may lead to a large-scale military escalation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a comment on Friday.
The Syrian air defense that operates Russian-made Pantsir-S1 guns and S-75 systems downed Israeli missiles fired at Damascus province, SANA news agency reported quoting a military source.