[[{"content_id":368726,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Flights to resume at Damascus airport after Israeli airstrikes","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Flights at the Damascus International Airport will resume Thursday after Israeli airstrikes caused significant damage to the facility’s infrastructure and runways and rendered its main runway unserviceable.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"In a statement on Wednesday, the Syrian transportation ministry said operations at the facility would be restored to normal on Thursday after a nearly two-week hiatus brought about by the June 10 Israeli strikes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll companies and aerial fleets &ldquo;should schedule their arriving and departing flights as of this date&quot;, it said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe attacks damaged the runway, navigation equipment, and buildings, and disrupted international civilian air traffic at the airport.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAccording to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Israeli warplanes fired several missiles from the direction of Syria&rsquo;s occupied Golan Heights at some targets south of Damascus.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSyrian air defenses brought down most of the incoming projectiles.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSyria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter&rsquo;s occupation of Golan since 1967.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsrael maintains a significant military presence in the occupied territory, which it uses as one of the launchpads for attacks on Syrian soil.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsraeli attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011 when Syria found itself in the grip of foreign-backed terrorism.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">In a statement on Wednesday, the Syrian transportation ministry said operations at the facility would be restored to normal on Thursday after a nearly two-week hiatus brought about by the June 10 Israeli strikes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">All companies and aerial fleets &ldquo;should schedule their arriving and departing flights as of this date&quot;, it said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The attacks damaged the runway, navigation equipment, and buildings, and disrupted international civilian air traffic at the airport.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">According to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Israeli warplanes fired several missiles from the direction of Syria&rsquo;s occupied Golan Heights at some targets south of Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Syrian air defenses brought down most of the incoming projectiles.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Syria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter&rsquo;s occupation of Golan since 1967.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Israel maintains a significant military presence in the occupied territory, which it uses as one of the launchpads for attacks on Syrian soil.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Israeli attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011 when Syria found itself in the grip of foreign-backed terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2022-06-23 09:08:30","content_date_event":"2022-06-23 09:08:30","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2022-06-23 09:09:54","content_date_register":"2022-06-23 09:09:54","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":43,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Flights to resume at Damascus airport after Israeli airstrikes","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852_150_84.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852_300_169.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852_400_225.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852_600_337.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852_900_506.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852_1000_562.jpeg"},"ext":"jpeg","file_media":1,"token":2148778852,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202206\/505006_2148778852.jpeg","width":1000,"height":562,"size":0}}}]}]]