{
  "id": 2582560,
  "title": "Israeli army claims attack in southern Syria",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/israeli-army-claims-attack-in-southern-syria",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T13:03:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-claims-attack-southern-syria"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Israeli army has carried out an attack in southern Syria, claiming it targeted a person preparing an attack. According to Middle East Eye, an Israeli drone struck a truck in southwestern Syria in Beit Jinn.\n\nA separate incident was reported by Dawn, in which Israeli warplanes attacked the abandoned Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in eastern Idlib province in northern Syria. US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said the intelligence behind this attack was wrong, stating that Turkey was not moving military assets to the airbase.\n\nThe Israeli army did not provide evidence to support its claim of targeting a person preparing an attack in southern Syria. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Turkish soldiers were trying to settle at the airbase in northern Syria, but Barrack said neither the US nor Turkey were informed of the attack in advance.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Israeli drone strike in Syria wounds at least one person",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/israeli-drone-strike-in-syria-wounds-at-least-one-person",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:28:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Syria report: Man wounded in Israeli drone strike on country's southwest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/syria-report-man-wounded-in-israeli-drone-strike-on-countrys-southwest",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:35:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "One injured in alleged IDF drone strike in Syria near Damascus - report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/one-injured-in-alleged-idf-drone-strike-in-syria-near-damascus-report",
        "published": "2026-08-22T11:30:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "US says intelligence behind Israeli strike on Syria air base was wrong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-says-intelligence-behind-israeli-strike-on-syria-air-base-was-wrong",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:18:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Israeli drone strike targets car near Damascus, injures one",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/israeli-drone-strike-targets-car-near-damascus-injures-one",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:23:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "US questions intelligence behind Israeli Syria strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-questions-intelligence-behind-israeli-syria-strike",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:29:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}