Israel's Syria strike risked scrambling Turkish jets, military escalation, US envoy tells 'Post'
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-08-19 17:17 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Defence, Middle East, Military & Defence, US Politics, War & Conflict
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On Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister's Office took credit for a strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib, Syria. US Ambassador to Turkey and the Trump administration's special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said that the strike “carried a real risk of rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation between Israel and Turkey as well as Syria.”
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