Damascus: A flight from the private Syrian airline Cham Wings landed on Tuesday at an airport used by the Russian military in the western coastal province of Latakia. Syria, the country’s state news agency reported. It was the first flight to land at the airbase since taking off from the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Damascus Earlier this month the airport was damaged by an Israeli airstrike.
It is also the first Syrian international flight to land at the facility since it was taken over by Russia after engaging in the war in Syria in September 2015, helping to balance power in favor of Syrian President Bashar. AssadThe forces of
Basel al-Assad International Airport – known by the Russians as Hummeem Base – Serves Latakia, Syria’s main port on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Israeli airstrike on Damascus International Airport on June 10 caused significant damage to infrastructure and runways and rendered the main runway unusable. Work to repair the damage is still going on.
Since then, flights have mostly been diverted to the international airport in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and once its major commercial hub.
Hamimem Base is home to Russian warplanes that have been used for years to bomb Assad’s opponents as well as suspected targets of the Islamic State group. In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin They landed at the base where they met with Assad and top Russian and Syrian officials.
Israel’s military declined to comment on the airstrike on Damascus airport. The Syrian capital’s airport is located south of Damascus, where Syrian opposition activists say Iran-backed militias are active and have weapons depots.
Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on targets in Syria over the years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations. The airport strike marked a major escalation in Israel’s years-long campaign of airstrikes in Syria, further escalating tensions between Israel on the one hand and Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah on the other.
Israel says it targets targets of Iran-allied militias, such as the militant Hezbollah group, which has fighters fighting on behalf of Assad’s government forces in Syria, and the ships’ weapons believed to be tied to the militia. Huh.
It is also the first Syrian international flight to land at the facility since it was taken over by Russia after engaging in the war in Syria in September 2015, helping to balance power in favor of Syrian President Bashar. AssadThe forces of
Basel al-Assad International Airport – known by the Russians as Hummeem Base – Serves Latakia, Syria’s main port on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Israeli airstrike on Damascus International Airport on June 10 caused significant damage to infrastructure and runways and rendered the main runway unusable. Work to repair the damage is still going on.
Since then, flights have mostly been diverted to the international airport in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and once its major commercial hub.
Hamimem Base is home to Russian warplanes that have been used for years to bomb Assad’s opponents as well as suspected targets of the Islamic State group. In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin They landed at the base where they met with Assad and top Russian and Syrian officials.
Israel’s military declined to comment on the airstrike on Damascus airport. The Syrian capital’s airport is located south of Damascus, where Syrian opposition activists say Iran-backed militias are active and have weapons depots.
Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on targets in Syria over the years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations. The airport strike marked a major escalation in Israel’s years-long campaign of airstrikes in Syria, further escalating tensions between Israel on the one hand and Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah on the other.
Israel says it targets targets of Iran-allied militias, such as the militant Hezbollah group, which has fighters fighting on behalf of Assad’s government forces in Syria, and the ships’ weapons believed to be tied to the militia. Huh.