The Daily Populous Saturday August 3rd, 2024 evening edition
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Israeli fighter jets attacked an airport in Lebanon's north-eastern border with Syria, Israeli media reported on Saturday, citing Lebanese media outlets.

The strike is thus far unconfirmed.

This attack was reportedly carried out in a similar fashion to the one reported two hours prior in another airport situated on the Syrian side of the border.

Syrian air defense fires at Israeli plane in northern Syria

Arab media outlets stated that aircraft struck the outskirts of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali in Syria, along the border of Lebanon. A view of a partially destroyed building targeted by the Israeli army in its assassination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, Beirut, July 31, 2024. (credit: Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Additionally, the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar had earlier reported that Syria had fired two interceptor missiles that exploded in the airspace above the northern portion of the country on Friday.

مراسل «الأخبار»: انفجار صاروخين اعتراضيين في أجواء بلدة القصر ومعبر مطربا عند الحدود اللبنانية - السورية أطلقها الجيش السوري باتجاه طائرات إسرائيلية استهدفت مطار الضبعة في الشمال الشرقي لمدينة القصير السورية — جريدة الأخبار - Al-Akhbar (@AlakhbarNews) August 2, 2024

The explosions were reported above the towns of Al-Qasr and Mutariba near the Lebanon-Syria border.

The report claimed they were attempting to intercept Israeli planes that had launched an airstrike on the Dabaa Airport north of Al Qusayr.

RhasaTheSunderer on August 3rd, 2024 at 05:23 UTC »

Israel has historically made the first move to cripple their enemy when they know an invasion is coming.

This might be it

Cathousechicken on August 3rd, 2024 at 03:49 UTC »

It makes sense from a strategy perspective to strike first. Two Istanbul to Tehran flights were cancelled for tonight. Both are daily flights that rarely get canceled.

Even though there was that article earlier today saying it would be in about 10 days, it makes sense that they were gearing up for something if they were canceling flights much sooner than that.

reckless-soul1 on August 3rd, 2024 at 03:23 UTC »

I think we've reached the "we no longer give a fuck what anyone else thinks" stage of the war.