News - Middle East: The Syrian government has strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrikes on the Aleppo International Airport in the northern part of the Arab country, saying it amounts to a “war crime.”

The missile strike on Tuesday damaged the international airport's runway and rendered it out of service for the second time in less than a week.

“The recurring Israeli attacks, especially the systematic and deliberate targeting of civilian objects in Syria – the latest of which was the targeting of Aleppo International Airport yesterday – amounts to an act of aggression and a war crime according to international law,” the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement on Wednesday.

The ministry statement said the Israeli regime "must be held to account" for the latest aerial aggression in the war-ravaged Arab country. 

“The occupying Israeli regime is once again threatening peace and security in the region, endangering and intimidating civilians, and jeopardizing the safety of civil aviation in Syria and the region,” the statement noted.