Intense aerial activity and air defense activation were reported overnight at the Kuweires military base east of Aleppo, Syria. According to initial reports, a strike attributed to Israel targeted the airfield, striking two military aircraft present at the base. Details on damage and casualties are not yet available.
A new Israeli strike, attributed to Israel by Syrian reports, targeted the Kuweires military airbase east of Aleppo in the early hours of Thursday, according to initial reports. The strike reportedly hit two military aircraft at the base, triggering intense aerial activity and the activation of air defense systems. Israel has not commented on the incident.
The reported strike on Kuweires follows a previous Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib province, first reported Wednesday morning. At 06:15 Jerusalem on Wednesday, The Zioneer reported that Israel accepted responsibility for a strike in northern Syria and later provided an official rationale for the operation. Hezbollah-affiliated sources subsequently identified Abu al-Duhur as the target, reporting that Israeli jets destroyed all four runways. Syrian authorities appealed to the United Nations, and Saudi Arabia condemned the strike as a violation of sovereignty. The Zioneer's intelligence desk confirmed damage to the runways.
The two strikes—within hours of each other—extend a pattern of Israeli operations against Syrian military infrastructure, with a focus on airbases used by Iranian-linked forces, as The Zioneer has previously reported. The latest target, Kuweires, lies east of Aleppo in an area where Syrian government forces and allied militias maintain a presence.
Details on damage and casualties at Kuweires remain unconfirmed. No independent verification is available, and the extent of damage to the aircraft or the base's infrastructure has not been established.
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