Israel has intensified strikes on Syrian airports to disrupt Tehran's increasing use of aerial supply lines to deliver arms to allies in Syria and Lebanon, including Hezbollah, regional diplomatic and intelligence sources told Reuters.
The report said that Tehran has used air transport as a more reliable means of sending military equipment to its forces and allied fighters in Syria, following disruptions to ground transfers.
Israel has long seen Iran's deepening entrenchment in Syria as a national security threat.
The latest strikes on Wednesday night damaged Aleppo Airport just before the arrival of a plane from Iran, a commander in an Iran-backed regional alliance who was familiar with the incident told Reuters.
Israel also carried out a strike on Damascus Airport, damaging equipment, the government said, the second such attack on the airport since June, when Israeli air strikes on the runway knocked it out of service for two weeks.
A Western intelligence source said that the strike had also aimed to prevent the arrival of a cargo plane.
