Report: Syria denies security agreement with Israel after strike on airbase
Report: Syria denies security agreement with Israel after strike on airbase A Syrian Foreign Ministry diplomatic source has denied the existence of a security arrangement agreement between Syria and Israel, Al Jazeera reported. The source told the network that Israel targeted the Abu al-Duhur military airport in Irbil despite having been informed that no foreign force was present at the site.…
Syria has denied that it has a security agreement with Israel. A Syrian Foreign Ministry diplomatic source told Al Jazeera that no such deal exists, and that Syria will not accept any agreement that limits its role in strengthening regional stability. The denial comes after Israel struck the Abu al-Duhur military airport in Idlib province.
According to Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, Israel and Syria had agreed to a status quo in security matters. Israel claimed that Syria was on the verge of breaching this status quo by permitting Turkish troops to deploy at an airbase near Aleppo, which Israel saw as a threat to its security.
Turkey has rejected Israel's justification for the strikes, accusing Israel of violating Syrian sovereignty and stability. The US has condemned the strikes, with US envoy for Syria Tom Barrack confirming that Israel carried out the attack.
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