Israel targeted Syria airbase over planned Turkish troop, radar presence, source confirms to 'Post'
The IDF struck the Abu al-Duhur military airfield after troops received intelligence that Turkey sought to place a radar with Turkish troops at the Syrian base.
Israel struck the Abu al-Duhur military airfield in northern Syria. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) carried out the strike after receiving intelligence that Turkey planned to place a radar with its troops at the Syrian base.
The US special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said Israel did not warn the US before the strike, despite fears of escalation with Turkey. He suggested that Israel may have been trying to provoke a conflict with Turkey.
The Israeli Prime Minister's office said the base was attacked because Syria was "on the verge of breaching" an agreement by allowing Turkish troops to deploy there. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said they had passed on intelligence information to the US before the strike and that Barrack's comments were "full of inaccuracies".
Brief written by urgent.news from Jerusalem Post, Associated Press, Winnipeg Free Press, Free Malaysia Today, Haaretz — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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