4 air strikes hit military airport in Syria's Idlib in first attack since al-Assad's fall
Syrian state media said eight strikes hit the runway and storage facilities, causing material damage and no casualties.
- Eight airstrikes hit the runway and storage facilities at the Abu Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, causing material damage but no reported casualties, according to Syrian state media Ekhbariya.
- The strikes followed a recent visit by a Turkish military delegation to the airfield as part of efforts to reactivate it, which Israel had monitored closely amid concerns over Syria rebuilding its air force.
- Located about 70 km from the Turkish border, the Abu Duhur base has been out of service as a dedicated military airfield since 2013 and currently serves as a training center for Syria's new army.
- United States special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq Ambassador Tom Barrack described the strikes as an "unnecessary escalation," urging all parties to prioritize "logical discourse" over further military incidents.
- Heightened security tensions between Israel and Turkey over Syria have intensified since Bashar Assad's government collapsed in late 2024, as Israel continues preventing consolidation of hostile military infrastructure near its borders.
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Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian airbase
Israel bombed an airbase in Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, drawing condemnation from Türkiye and criticism from a US envoy who called it an "unnecessary escalation". Syria's state-run Ekhbariya television, citing a military source, said Israel carried out eight airstrikes on the runway and storage facilities at the Abu al-Duhur base near Aleppo in northwest Syria. A separate military source and a civilian who lives near the base said…
Israeli strike on Syrian air base prompts US outrage
An Israeli air strike on a Syrian air base led to public friction with the United States, with U.S. Special Envoy Tom Barrack calling it an “unnecessary escalation.” Israel and the Trump administration have publicly diverged on the issue of Syria post-Assad, but the issue had faded into an uneasy peace after direct military clashes last year. On Tuesday, Israel launched a series of surprise air strikes against Syria’s Abu al Duhur Airbase in Idl…
So far, no casualties have been reported by the Syrian authorities as a result of the Israeli bombing. In parallel, the occupying forces continue to carry out recurrent incursions into rural areas in southern Syria, mainly in Quneitra and Daraa.
Israel bombed an air base in Idlib, Syria, with at least 8 strikes in its first airstrike in the country since March. It cited Turkish intent to have a presence at the base. The post Israel “preemptively” struck an air base in Syria “to prevent a Turkish army from establishing itself” appeared first on in.gr.
Israel strikes Syrian airbase, drawing US and Turkish condemnation
Israel has carried out eight airstrikes on a Syrian military airbase in the northwest, damaging its runway and storage facilities, according to Syrian state media. The attack drew condemnation from Damascus and Ankara and criticism from a US envoy who called it an “unnecessary escalation.”
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