An Israeli airstrike hit the international airport in the Syrian capital of Damascus and put it out of commission on Nov 26. The attack came just hours after the airport resumed flights after a monthlong hiatus following a previous Israeli strike.
The raid by Israeli warplanes targeted the runways, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Syrian Observatory also reported an explosion from the direction of a military airport in the Mazzeh area on the other side of Damascus. Watch the video to find out more.
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.
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