Heavy blasts rocked the vicinity of Damascus International Airport after Israeli air raids targeted the area the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Thursday.
According to preliminary reports that have emerged in the morning Israeli air raids targeted an arms supply hub near Damascus International Airport.
Live snapshots of heavy blasts at the international airport have been circulated on social media networks.
Russian Sputnik news agency attributed the blasts to five airstrikes launched by the Israeli fighter jets on an armed squadron at Damascus Airport.
The nature of the damage to the airport has not been revealed yet but the strikes reportedly occurred at around 03:25 a.m. local time.
SOHR added that the reasons for the blasts remain unverified.
