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Air Strikes Hit Syria's Idlib Airport, First Since Assad's Fall

Air Strikes Hit Syria's Idlib Airport, First Since Assad's Fall
4 Air Strikes Hit Military Airport in Syria's Idlib in First Attack Since Al-Assad's Fall · republicworld.com

In a faraway country called Syria, some airplanes dropped bombs on a big military airport.

The airport is called Abu al-Zuhour, and it is in a region named Idlib.

This was the first time the airport was attacked since the country's old leader, Bashar al-Assad, left power in December 2024.

Nobody knows for sure who flew the planes or why they did it.

A judge in Syria's capital, Damascus, said the old leader should be punished for bad things he did.

The judge also said the same about an official named Atef Najib.

Around the same time, a country called Colombia said a piece of land called the Golan Heights belongs to Israel.

Only the United States and Colombia think that; most other countries do not agree.

Countries often disagree about who owns lands that were taken during wars.

Key facts

Target
Abu al-Zuhour military airport, Idlib province, Syria
Strikes
4 air strikes
First attack since
Fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024
Attacker
Not identified; no official statement issued
Assad sentencing
Death in absentia for premeditated murder, by a criminal court in Damascus on Tuesday
Atef Najib sentencing
Death for premeditated murder and torture
Golan Heights recognition
Colombia recognised Israeli sovereignty on Monday, joining the United States
Israel's annexation
Seized in 1967 Six-Day War, annexed in 1981; rejected by most of the international community

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