Airport in Syria targeted as Israel warns of offensive

A soldier drives a tank as Israeli forces are stationed near the border with Lebanon, in Israel, on Saturday (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Israel has attacked an airport in northern Syria, according to reports in the neighbouring country, as it warned of a “co-ordinated” offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, and the pro-government Al-Watan daily said an airstrike had hit the runway at Aleppo’s international airport on Saturday – hours after it had repairs had been completed following a similar strike on Thursday.