Satellite image: Israel attack damaged Syrian airport runway

Damage after an Israeli strike targeted the Aleppo International Airport (Planet Labs PBC/AP)

An Israeli attack targeting a Syrian airport tore a hole in its only runway and damaged a nearby piece of asphalt and structure on the military side of the airfield, satellite photo analysis showed.

The attack on Wednesday night on Aleppo International Airport comes after an Israeli strike months ago took out the runway at the country’s main airport in the capital, Damascus, over Iranian weapons transfers to the country.