Envoy says Israel did not give the US notice before strikes on Syrian base
- US official Tom Barrack has criticised Israel for failing to give his country adequate warning, a claim Tel Aviv denies.
- Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to Turkiye and its special envoy to Syria, has accused Israel of offering no warning before carrying out military strikes in Syria this week, though Israeli officials insisted it did.
- Barrack, who called the Israeli strikes an “unnecessary escalation”, said in an interview on Friday that the attacks on the Abu Duhur military base in northern Syria may have been aimed at “baiting the Turks”, who have substantial influence in the region.
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- US official Tom Barrack has criticised Israel for failing to give his country adequate warning, a claim Tel Aviv denies.
- Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to Turkiye and its special envoy to Syria, has accused Israel of offering no warning before carrying out military strikes in Syria this week, though Israeli officials insisted it did.
- Barrack, who called the Israeli strikes an “unnecessary escalation”, said in an interview on Friday that the attacks on the Abu Duhur military base in northern Syria may have been aimed at “baiting the Turks”, who have substantial influence in the region.
Sources: Al Jazeera