After the technical teams evaluated the damages caused by the #Israeli aggression that targeted #Aleppo International Airport on Wednesday at dawn, it was found that there were damages to the runway and some navigational equipment, sana.sy/en/?p=304332
which caused the airport to be out of service till finishing the repair work, according to the Ministry of Transport- the General Organization for Civil Aviation. sana.sy/en/?p=304332
The General Organization said that all incoming and outgoing flights have been diverted to #Damascus and #Lattakia airports, until the repair work is completed. sana.sy/en/?p=304332
The Organization added that its cadres, in cooperation with companies and institutions concerned, have started the restoration and repair work. sana.sy/en/?p=304332
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Russia says risk of nuclear war with US at level unprecedented in decades
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has raised the alarm about an escalated risk of nuclear war with the United States, unprecedented in decades. presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03…
The probability of a nuclear conflict between Russia and the US is at its highest level in decades, Russian news agencies reported Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday. presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03…
Ryabkov also said there could be no talk of secret or open negotiations with Washington on restoring the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, which Russia pulled out of in February. presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03…
Israeli drone crashes in Syria after Aleppo airport attack
An Israeli drone crashed in Syria just hours after an attack conducted by the Tel Aviv regime against the Aleppo international airport in the Arab country's NW left the facility out of service. presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03…
The crash comes as an Israeli airstrike targeted Aleppo airport earlier in the day, causing some “material damage” to it and putting it out of service. presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03…
Syria's foreign ministry called the Israeli strike a “double crime,” noting that it targeted a civilian airport and a main channel for the flow of aid to areas hit by the February devastating earthquake. presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03…
#Israeli jets bomb Syria’s main hub for earthquake aid deliveries
Aleppo airport has been one of the main channels for the flow of humanitarian aid into #Syria after the earthquake killed over 6,000 and left hundreds of thousands homeless. thecradle.co/article-view/2…
“The impact of this closure impedes humanitarian access & could have drastic humanitarian consequences for millions of people who have been affected by the earthquake,” a UN statement issued on 8 March reads, thecradle.co/article-view/2…
The UN statement issued on 8 March highlighted that Aleppo is “one of the worst earthquake-impacted governorates in Syria.” thecradle.co/article-view/2…
The UAE Foreign Ministry ordered Emirati Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Al Khaja not to meet with any Israeli govt officials or attend events where Israeli ministers & politicians will be present in response to inflammatory comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich,
A diplomatic crisis is brewing between Israel and several of its Arab partners due to the actions of Jewish supremacist officials thecradle.co/article-view/2…
The Jordanian parliament on 22 March voted to expel the Israeli ambassador from the kingdom in protest of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich‘s incendiary statements and actions towards Jordan and Palestine. thecradle.co/article-view/2…
“We in the House of Representatives call on the govt to take effective measures towards the occupation government’s finance minister’s use of a map of the so-called Israel that includes the borders of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan & the occupied Palestinian territories,”
Chopper crash in Iraq exposes ‘secret air corridor’ of US-backed Kurdish groups: Report
According to Turkish sources, these helicopters – a total of four units – were rented from a local company by the #US government and given to the #PUK. thecradle.co/article-view/2…
“Such flights could only happen with the knowledge of the US govt since US forces control the Syrian & Iraqi territory,” the Turkish sources said, adding that the crash has exposed “a secret air corridor to transport senior members of the PKK between Iraq & Syria.”
“These flights have been continuing for the past two years, but they were unregistered … thecradle.co/article-view/2…