Air traffic resumed at Aleppo International Airport on Friday after repairing damage to Syria's second-largest airport, following Israeli air strikes earlier this week.
Aleppo Airport (in the north of the country) became out of service due to damage to the main runway last Tuesday night, but the Ministry of Transport stated that repair operations had been completed and that the airport had returned to service.
A ministry statement - carried by the Syrian News Agency (SANA) - stated that air traffic resumed through the airport at 12:00 noon local time.
The strikes damaged the main runway;
This led to the suspension of work and the diversion of its flights to Damascus International Airport, according to the official Syrian media.
This is the second attack of its kind within days, as official Syrian media said that Israel targeted Aleppo airport with missiles on August 31, causing material damage, as well as targeting other sites in Damascus and its countryside.
The Syrian regime's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said last Wednesday that it considered the recent Israeli air strikes on civilian infrastructure a war crime.
Israel rarely confirms carrying out strikes in Syria, but it reiterates that it will continue to confront what it describes as Iran's attempts to entrench its military presence in Syria.