{
  "id": 2616385,
  "title": "Israel targeted Syria airbase over planned Turkish troop, radar presence, source confirms to 'Post'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/israel-targeted-syria-airbase-over-planned-turkish-troop-radar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T17:38:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-906261"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Israel disputes U.S. envoy, says it warned Syria before striking airbase over Turkish military buildup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/israel-disputes-u-s-envoy-says-it-warned-syria-before-striking",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:33:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}