Four Syrian soldiers and three pro-Iranian militias were killed. Israeli missile attacks the night he spent Aleppo north of it SyriaThis is reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Rockets were fired about half an hour before midnight in the area of ​​the international airport, where explosions and a fire at an ammunition depot were reported.

Earlier, the Syrian news agency SANA reported that “one soldier was killed and seven people were injured, including two civilians.”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based NGO, said that in addition to the Aleppo International Airport, there was also extensive damage to the nearby Nairab military airport.

Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes on Syrian territory against military installations, as well as on the positions of Iranian forces and pro-Iranian armed groups, primarily the Lebanese Hezbollah.

The Iranian-backed militias have a strong presence in the Aleppo region, where they provided decisive support to the Syrian army when it recaptured the city from rebel hands in 2016.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry tonight condemned the Israeli attacks, calling them “a sad attempt to derail ongoing diplomatic efforts to restore security and stability in the region.”

After years of international isolation due to a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has contacted several Arab leaders in recent weeks, some of whom want Damascus to return to the Arab League from which it was banned 12 years ago.