A US envoy says Israel did not give a warning to the US ahead of a recent Syria air strike
ISTANBUL (AP) — 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…
The U.S. special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, stated that Israel did not notify the United States before carrying out an air strike on an air base in northern Syria, despite concerns of an escalation with Turkey. Barrack, who also serves as ambassador to Turkey, suggested that the attack on the Abu Duhur base could have been an attempt to provoke the Turks as a form of baiting.
The Israeli Prime Minister's office later explained that the base was targeted because Syria was "on the verge of breaching" an agreement by allowing Turkish troops to deploy there. Barrack noted that intelligence may have suggested Turkey was strengthening its presence in the area, leading a military commander to make the decision to prevent this from happening.
He also pointed out the possibility of miscommunication between Israel's military and intelligence agencies. Abu Duhur, located around 50 miles east of the Turkish border, lies in a region where Turkey has a history of taking defensive action, such as when it shot down a Russian jet over its Syrian frontier in 2015.
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