Sat. Imagery courtesy of @planet from earlier today shows several vehicles on the runway at #Aleppo Intl. Airport, #Syria most likely conducting a repair (square cutover already) after the reported #Israel|i airstrike hours after #IRGC affiliated Yas Air Cargo EP-GOX landed.
To the south of the runway you can see the damage caused to the DVOR/DME Navaid which also appears to be targeted.
Heavy scaring can be seen in both areas due to fires. Notably, personally, I’ve only twice seen a runway targeting have some heavy prominent scaring.
In September 2020 an airstrike at T4 left heavy burn marks after something was reportedly struck on the apron. And the included tweet in 2021.
Hezbollah’s initial window is starting to close, the commissioning of the Karish Field and the FPSO continues, unaffected at this time. Once commissioned targeting that FPSO poses a bigger environmental risk to the Mediterranean Sea.
Workers on the FPSO and drill rigs are likely from an international work force, so that’s a risk Hezbollah are also most likely taking into account as well.
This is completely different to the 2006 attack against the INS Hanit.
I say the initial window is closing because of the commissioning, the next window of course opens after the commissioning is complete and production is online but as mentioned that’s a different risk matrix, timing and calculations as always.