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The Damascus hub is reportedly used by Hezbollah to transfer weapons between Iran and Syrian government-backed fighters on some of Syria’s toughest front lines.

Rebel sources said that the explosions appeared to have caused a fire in a closed military area of the complex used by Tehran to supply arms to Iranian-backed groups in the conflict.

main fuel tanks in #Damascus international airport ,may have been targeted by an #Israel-i airstrike pic.twitter.com/1zlsgNr02y— Within Syria (@WithinSyriaBlog) April 27, 2017

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is backed in the country’s brutal civil-war by Russia, Iran and regional Shi’ite militias, including Hezbollah, a close ally of Tehran.

What does Israel say?

An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the allegations.

However, speaking from the US, Israel’s Intelligence Minister, Israel Katz, said:

“I can confirm that the incident in Syria corresponds completely with Israel’s policy to act to prevent Iran’s smuggling of advanced weapons via Syria to Hezbollah in Iran. Naturally, I don’t want to elaborate on this. [...] The Prime Minister has said that whenever we receive intelligence that indicates an intention to transfer advanced weapons to Hezbollah, we will act.”

#Israel’s intelligence minister Israel Katz all but confirms they were behind the #Damascus strike via Reuters pic.twitter.com/FfcHnQIHvv— Sophie McNeill (Sophiemcneill) April 27, 2017