Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
The airfield had just reopened after multiple Israeli rendered it inoperative.
Shrapnel from the Syrian missile was found in the southern Bedouin town of Rahat.
Report: Syrian intelligence officer wounded in blast near Jordan-Israel border
Damascus International Airport is expected to resume flights on Thursday, following an airstrike two weeks ago attributed to Israel.
“The runway, the control tower, three hangars, warehouses as well as reception rooms” were all hit, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Report: Israeli missiles strike targets south of Damascus
A Syrian miliary source claimed that most of the missiles were intercepted, and that “only material damages were reported.”
No casualties or damage were reported. According to a U.K.-based war monitor, the area hit is known to house Lebanon’s Hezbollah and other Iran-backed militias.
The strikes are the fourth attributed to Israel in the past three weeks.
The strikes in Homs Province come just days after Syrian state media reported Israeli missiles struck targets near Aleppo.
Syria: Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Aleppo region
The attacks caused damage but no casualties, according to Syrian state media • A U.K.-based group claims that the strikes destroyed an Iranian base and weapons depots used by Iran-backed militias.
One civilian killed, six wounded in strike on “plastics factory,” claims official Syrian media • U.K.-based war monitor says 14 killed near Hifa.
Tehran “is Israel’s greatest enemy, and we are striking it everywhere in the region,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of reported airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria, two days after explosions in the Gulf of Oman rocked the “MV Helios Ray.”
The alleged attack comes after Israel accuses Iran of attacking the Israeli cargo vessel “MV Helios Ray” in a commando operation.