Israeli aircraft carried out four strikes on the out-of-service Abu al Duhur military airport in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province early on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency.
Local sources cited by the agency said the strikes took place at around 3 am local time (0000 GMT) at the airport in the eastern countryside of Idlib.
No information was immediately available on casualties or the extent of the damage. Syrian authorities have yet to issue an official statement on the attack.
According to AFP, citing a Syrian security source, forces affiliated with the country’s Defence Ministry are present at the airfield.
The source said the facility has been out of service since 2012 and is currently protected by Syrian Defence Ministry forces.
No side has officially claimed responsibility for the attack. The Israeli military told AFP it had “no comment” when asked about the strikes.
Israeli attacks on Syria
Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks across Syria since the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime in December 2024, targeting military facilities, weapons and missile depots and other strategic sites.
Israel has previously said its attacks on Syria were aimed at preventing weapons from falling into the hands of groups it considers a threat.
Abu al Duhur military airport, located in southeastern Idlib, was once a major Syrian military base and occupies a strategic location between Idlib, Aleppo and Hama.
The facility changed hands several times during Syria’s civil war. Opposition groups, then, seized the airport in 2015 after taking control of large parts of Idlib province.
Assad regime forces recaptured the airfield in late 2018 and maintained control until the opposition offensive in late 2024 that led to Bashar al Assad’s fall. Syria’s new authorities subsequently assumed control of the airport, with Defence Ministry forces currently securing the facility.
The latest attack comes amid continued Israeli military activity in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, despite calls from Damascus for Israel to halt its attacks and respect Syria’s sovereignty.
