<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 Syrian soldiers were killed while the Damascus International Airport was out of service after the Israeli army carried out a missile strike on Monday, reported Syrian news agency SANA quoting a military source. At around 2:00 am (23:00 GMT), Israel carried out an attack with "barrages of missiles, targeting Damascus International Airport and its surroundings", the military source told SANA.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The attack caused "the death of two soldiers... putting Damascus International Airport out of service", added the report quoting the source as saying. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday's strikes hit "positions for Hezbollah and pro-Iranian groups inside the airport and its surroundings, including a weapons warehouse", the head of Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul Rahman, told news agency AFP.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbour Syria, since Civil War broke out there in 2011, targeting government troops as well as allied Iran-backed forces and fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah.</span></p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title="Civilian Injured After Grenade Attack On CRPF Vehicle In Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar" href="https://ift.tt/IZDeQO0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Civilian Injured After Grenade Attack On CRPF Vehicle In Jammu & Kashmir's Srinagar</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tel Aviv rarely comments on the reports of its attacks but has repeatedly said that it will not allow its archfoe Iran to gain a foothold in Syria. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The last time the airport was out of service was in June -- also after Israeli air strikes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday's air strike in Syria comes after the war-racked country experienced its lowest yearly death count since the conflict started over a decade ago.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As per figures compiled by Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 3,825 people died in Syria's war in 2022, down from the previous year's 3,882.</span></p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title="Supreme Court To Pronounce Verdict On Pleas Against Demonetisation Today. Key Points To Know" href="https://ift.tt/I6smXjO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court To Pronounce Verdict On Pleas Against Demonetisation Today. Key Points To Know</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of all the people killed in 2022, 1,627 were civilians including 321 children, according to the Observatory, which relies on a wide network of sources on the ground in Syria.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After years of deadly fighting and bombardments following the brutal suppression of 2011 anti-government protests, the conflict has largely abated in the last three years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sporadic fighting at times breaks out and jihadist attacks continue, mainly in the east of the country.</span></p>
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