Balanced News: Israeli raid shuts down Damascus airport, says Syrian military

Two soldiers killed as Israeli raid puts Damascus International Airport out of service for the second time in less than a year. Syria’s military says an Israeli air raid has killed at least two Syrian soldiers and put the country’s main international airport out of service. The air raid, which targeted the Damascus International Airport and its surroundings, took place at about 2am local time on Monday (23:00 GMT Sunday), the military said in a statement carried by the official SANA news agency.