Israel strike crippling Syria's main airport hikes tensions

BEIRUT (AP) ” Israel marked a major escalation in its years-long campaign of airstrikes in Syria, carrying out an attack last week that shut down the country™s main civilian airport in Damascus as Israel steps up efforts to stop Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah.Commercial flights were still halted at Damascus International Airport five days after Friday™s pre-dawn airstrikes smashed into its runways, leaving multiple craters, and damaged the air control tower and other buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]