INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Syria said Israeli forces launched simultaneous missile attacks on the airports in its capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo on
Thursday, damaging the runways and putting both hubs out of service, Reuters reported.A Syrian military source cited by state news agency
SANA said &bursts of missiles& hit the two airports at the same time, in what he said was a bid to distract the world&s attention from
Israel&s war with Hamas militants in Gaza.The Israeli military said it does not comment on such reports.Israel has for years carried out
strikes against what it has described as Iran-linked targets in Syria, including against the Aleppo and Damascus airports.Sources have said
strikes on the airports are intended to disrupt Iranian supply lines to Syria, where Tehran&s influence has grown since it began supporting
President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that started in 2011.Thursday&s strikes came a day before Iran&s foreign minister, Hossein
Amirabdollahian, was due to visit Syria.Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip, in retribution for the
deadliest attack on civilians in its history when hundreds of gunmen crossed the barrier and rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday,
read the report.Tehran has celebrated the Hamas attacks but denied being behind them.On Tuesday, Israeli troops fired artillery and mortar
shells towards Syria after rockets from southern Syria hit Israeli positions across the border.The post Syria says Israeli missiles hit
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