Israeli strikes on Syrian air base criticised by US and Turkey

Washington’s ambassador to Ankara says attack on air base could have been ‘aggressive . . . pre-election concept’ ahead of October polls

Turkey has become a virulent critic of Israel's war in Gaza, sparked by Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack.

The recent Israeli attack on a Syrian airbase is just one of many Israeli incursions into Syria. In southern Syria, locals say Israeli troops have detained them, destroyed infrastructure and set up military bases.

Israel dropped at least eight bombs on runways and hangars, damaging recently rebuilt runways, Axios reported

Two Syrian officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Turkish delegation had visited the air base in the northwestern province of Idlib on August 17 to review rehabilitation work underway at the facility

The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday strongly condemned the “unprovoked” attack carried out by Israel on an air base in Syria, saying such acts had the potential to “further undermine regional peace and stability”. Syria’s state-run Ekhbariya television, citing a military…

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