A US envoy says Israel did not give a warning to the US ahead of a recent Syria air strike
Israeli officials said the strike enforced a red line after Turkey moved toward the base, while U.S. officials called it an unnecessary escalation.
- Overnight Monday, Israeli warplanes bombed the Abu al-Duhur Air Base in Syria, leaving craters on runways 45 miles from the Turkish border and 180 miles north of Israel.
- Israeli officials claim the airstrike enforced a red line after Turkish forces moved into the base, allegedly violating a tacit agreement between Israel, Syria, and Turkey to maintain the regional status quo.
- Writing on X, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack called the strikes an "unnecessary escalation" and disputed Israel's assertion that Turkish forces were preparing to occupy the airfield.
- On Friday, Ankara asked Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegations of "genocide" connected to the Gaza flotilla affair.
- Netanyahu's office labeled Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an "antisemitic dictator" on Friday, accusing him of harboring Hamas operatives and massacring Kurds, further deteriorating bilateral relations.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Saturday condemned the words of US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, who is also Washington's envoy for Syria, after the strike in Syria.
Last Tuesday Israel conducted night air raids against a Syrian military airport where Turkey was planning to deploy forces. To report it was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose office later clarified: "Israel and Syria had agreed a security status quo, which Syria was about to violate by allowing Turkish troops to deploy on an air base near Aleppo." Jerusalem had warned Damascus that such an operation would constitute a security threat from…
A U.S. envoy says Israel did not give a warning to the U.S. ahead of a recent Syria airstrike
Israel did not warn the United States before it struck an air base in northern Syria this week, despite fears of an escalation with Turkey, the U.S. special envoy to Syria said.
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A US envoy says Israel did not give a warning to the US ahead of a recent Syria air strike
The United States' special envoy to Syria says Israel did not warn Washington ahead of striking an air base in northern Syria despite fears of escalation with Turkey.
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