US Envoy Warns Israeli Strikes in Syria Could Provoke Turkish Response
Turkiye said no troops were at the base and called the Israeli strike an unacceptable threat to Syria’s stability and sovereignty.
- On Thursday, Turkiye denied maintaining any military presence at Syria's Abu al-Duhur air base, following an Israeli strike that hit the runway and storage areas early Tuesday in Idlib province.
- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu alleged that Turkish forces recently toured the disused facility, warning he would not tolerate a "threat" from Turkish military entrenchment moving southward into Syria.
- Rear Admiral Zeki Akturk condemned the strike as "unacceptable," stating that work at the base involved only rehabilitating facilities for the Syrian Air Force, not establishing a Turkish military presence.
- Communications director Burhanettin Duran stated Turkiye is not considering retaliation, dismissing Benjamin Netanyahu's warnings as politically motivated amid upcoming elections and internal tensions.
- Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani denied any plans for permanent Turkish deployment at the site, while US envoy Tom Barrack called the operation an unnecessary escalation undermining regional stability.
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US Envoy Warns Israeli Strikes in Syria Could Provoke Turkish Response
Israeli fighter jets bombed a military base in northern Syria. Turkish troops near the base were alarmed by the Israeli attack. “Turkish forces were not aware that the Israeli aircraft were en route to that specific Syrian base, nor of their intended purpose, and therefore could potentially have been inclined…
On Tuesday, the Hebrew state struck an air base in the province of Idleb (Syria). According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), a Turkish military delegation recently visited the airport "as part of the ongoing efforts to return it to service".
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der Standard DEAnkara denies its intention to station Abu al-Duhur troops at Aleppo on the abandoned Syrian base
On Tuesday, Israel struck an air base in Idlib province in north-western Syria, badly damaged during the war and remained out of service since 2012, considering the deployment of Turkish troops as a "threat".
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