After being targeted by Israeli airstrikes this week, Syria's Aleppo airport, which served as a crucial route for rescue aircraft after the devastating earthquake in February, reopened on Friday, an official said.
The transport ministry had reported that the damage from Tuesday's strike had forced all aircraft and relief deliveries to be rerouted to the airports in Latakia and Damascus.
“The airport has been operational since 8 his morning the morning (0500 GMT) ... We repaired all the damage,” ministry official Souleiman Khalil said on Friday.
However, “no civilian planes are scheduled to land in Aleppo airport today,” an airport official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to talk to the press.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Israeli airplanes raided the airport in Aleppo, Syria's second city, and killed three civilians.
Before the tragedy, more than 80 relief aircraft carrying supplies had arrived there, following the earthquake that left more than 50,000 people dead in Syria and Turkiye.
The transport ministry had reported that the damage from Tuesday's strike had forced all aircraft and relief deliveries to be rerouted to the airports in Latakia and Damascus.
“The airport has been operational since 8 his morning the morning (0500 GMT) ... We repaired all the damage,” ministry official Souleiman Khalil said on Friday.
However, “no civilian planes are scheduled to land in Aleppo airport today,” an airport official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to talk to the press.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Israeli airplanes raided the airport in Aleppo, Syria's second city, and killed three civilians.
Before the tragedy, more than 80 relief aircraft carrying supplies had arrived there, following the earthquake that left more than 50,000 people dead in Syria and Turkiye.
