International coalition airstrike on Aleppo airport road kills two
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An airstrike on a vehicle near Aleppo International Airport jas killed two people amid recent US operations targeting ISIS leaders in northern Syria.
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The wreck of a car that was airstruck by International Coalition forces on the Aleppo Airport Road, Syria, September 4, 2025 (X/ @Sana_gov)
An airstrike by the international coalition on the road to Aleppo International Airport killed two people on Thursday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
This follows an earlier report from the official SANA news agency, which stated that a drone had struck a civilian vehicle in the same area. Ambulances and rescue teams rushed to respond to the incident, according to the SOHR.
On July 25, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces had killed a prominent ISIS leader in a targeted strike in the Syrian city of al-Bab, located in Aleppo province.
Though ISIS was defeated in 2019, it has reactivated sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq, particularly since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in 2024.
Security officials say the group is redistributing weapons, recruiting fighters, and probing state defenses in both countries.
'Daesh is at the top of threats'
Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab recently acknowledged that "Daesh is at the top of the list" of threats facing the new administration in Damascus.
According to SITE Intelligence Group, ISIS has claimed 38 attacks in Syria in 2025 so far, significantly fewer than in previous years, but analysts caution this may reflect a restrategizing phase rather than a decline.
US officials estimate ISIS retains between 1,500 and 3,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq, with sleeper cells now shifting from desert strongholds into more populated areas.
The Internal Security Forces in Syria's Deir Ezzor province announced on August 22 that they had successfully thwarted a terrorist attack in the city of al-Mayadin, an operation which was carried out by two ISIS operatives.
"One of the terrorists attempted to detonate an explosive belt targeting a security checkpoint, while the second, an armed suicide attacker carrying a personal weapon, tried to assault our forces," according to the provincial security chief Derrar al-Shamlan.
He stated that security units successfully neutralized the first bomber before he could detonate his explosives and then engaged the second one in an operation that ultimately resulted in both individuals being killed, while the Syrian Internal Security Forces also confirmed that one of their members was killed during the effort to repel the attack.
