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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Damascus International Airport

A Qatar Airways plane, the first international commercial flight since the fall of the Assad regime, lands at Damascus International Airport, January 7, 2025. (AP/ Omar Sanadiki)
January 7, 2025, 11:19 pm
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Damascus Airport
Some passengers aboard Qatar Airways plane arrive for first visit since before start of civil war in 2011; Royal Jordanian Airlines runs test flight to assess airport
By ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and OMAR AKOUR
This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website via SEPAH News shows Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers taking part in a military drill near the island of Abu Musa, off the coast of the southern Iranian city of Bandar Lengeh (SEPAH NEWS / AFP)
December 2, 2023, 3:05 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says 2 officers killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria
Tehran says they were ‘martyred’ while on an ‘advisory’ mission; Syrian defense ministry says several sites hit near Damascus; no comment from IDF
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This image circulating online purports to show smoke rising from a site in Damascus following an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria, November 26, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 26, 2023, 6:14 pm
Israel said to bomb Damascus airport, hours after it returned to operational status
Syrian media says runways targeted, putting it out of service again; no reports of casualties
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian members of Islamic Jihad stand in line holding Palestinian flags during a rally at the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Syria's capital Damascus on October 21, 2023. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
October 22, 2023, 9:31 am
Israeli strikes said to knock Damascus, Aleppo airports out of commission
One worker killed in attack on airport in capital, state-run news agency claims, with airports damaged for third time in 10 days as Israel looks to keep arms from Hezbollah
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a bulldozer working on a damaged runway of the Damascus International Airport, which Syria said was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Damascus, Syria, June 12, 2022. (SANA via AP)
October 12, 2023, 4:39 pm
Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus, Aleppo airports
Local media report runways hit in both locations, putting them out of service; Syrian military source accuses Israel of trying to divert attention from Gaza war
By AP and Emanuel Fabian
Repair works are seen at Syria's Damascus International Airport, after an airstrike attributed to Israel, June 12, 2022. (SANA)
September 14, 2022, 7:13 pm
UN says Israeli strike on Damascus airport halted aid deliveries
Member of inquiry panel says suspension lasted 2 weeks while runaway fixed; adds there is no corroboration of casualties in at least 14 alleged attacks by Israel this year
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This satellite image taken September 1, 2022, shows damage caused in an airstrike attribued to Israel at the Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria. (Planet Labs PBC via Aurora Intel)
September 3, 2022, 12:02 am
Report: Israeli strikes tighten screws on Iran weapon transfers at Syrian airports
Diplomats, intel officials tell Reuters Iran is increasingly using civilian flights to transport arms, leading to increase in strategic attacks attributed to Israel
By ToI Staff
Repair works are seen at Syria's Damascus International Airport, after an airstrike attributed to Israel, June 12, 2022. (SANA)
June 24, 2022, 2:06 am
Flights resume at Damascus airport nearly 2 weeks after strike attributed to Israel
Private company’s planes take off after repairs completed on runway damaged in airstrike, diverting traffic to Syrian city of Aleppo
By AP
Repair works are seen at Syria's Damascus International Airport, after an airstrike attributed to Israel, June 12, 2022. (SANA)
June 22, 2022, 7:42 pm
Damascus airport to reopen nearly two weeks after strike attributed to Israel
State TV reports flights in Syrian capital to resume Thursday following serious damage to runway that forced planes to be diverted to Aleppo
By AP
Russian fighter jets on the tarmac at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, February 16, 2016. (AFP/Stringer)
June 21, 2022, 9:47 pm
After Damascus airport strike, private Syrian airline flies to Russian airbase
Plane is first Syrian international flight to land at airport since Russia assumed control of it in 2015; flights diverted from Damascus airfield since alleged Israeli air strike
By Albert Aji
Damage is seen at Syria's Damascus International Airport, after an airstrike attributed to Israel, June 12, 2022. (SANA)
June 19, 2022, 11:27 am
Russia said preparing UN resolution condemning Israel for Damascus airport attack
Security Council draft proposal reportedly says strike violated international law, undermines regional stability and Syrian sovereignty; Israeli officials doubt it’ll pass
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi. (Video screenshot)
June 15, 2022, 7:59 pm
Russia summons Israeli envoy for clarifications on Damascus airport strike
Deputy foreign minister says Moscow not satisfied with Jerusalem’s explanations of Friday attack that shut down air traffic
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Repair works are seen at Syria's Damascus International Airport, after an airstrike attributed to Israel, June 12, 2022. (SANA)
June 12, 2022, 11:54 pm
Shuttering Damascus airport, Israel ramps up its efforts to foil Iran arms transfers
Friday’s strike blocked all air travel, not just large cargo planes, after intel showed weapon parts were still being smuggled; move shows operations continuing despite Russian ire
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA, Syria's official news agency, via AP/ FIle)
June 10, 2022, 1:28 pm
Syria halts flights at Damascus airport after runway hit in alleged Israeli strike
State media reports ‘some technical equipment stopped functioning at the airport’ without mentioning attack that it earlier blamed on Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Syrian anti-aircraft missile explodes in mid-air, lighting up the night sky near Damascus on November 24, 2020. (SANA)
February 3, 2021, 11:38 pm
Israel strikes targets in south Syria — state media
Attack said to hit sites in Golan, around Damascus in latest in a series of airstrikes against Iran-linked targets
By Judah Ari Gross
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