🔴 Middle East live: US says Israel behind strikes on military airport in Syria

Home Middle East Live Middle East Issued on: 18/08/2026 - 07:07Modified: 18/08/2026 - 13:47 By: The Syrian flag flies at the Umayyad Square in Damascus on July 22, 2026 © Louai Beshara, AFP Syria and the United States accused Israel of striking an airfield in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday. Washington ca

Syria and the United States accused Israel of attacking a disused military air base in Syria's northwest on Tuesday, as a monitor said the strikes followed a Turkish delegation's inspection of the site. Israel has not claimed the attack, but US envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on X that "the confirmed I

Damascus has not yet issued an official statement on the incident. The strikes took place about 70 kilometers from the Turkish border.

Damascus has repeatedly condemned incursions in the country’s south.

Four strikes hit military airport in Syria’s Idlib: Report Four air strikes have hit the Abu al-Zuhour military airport in the eastern countryside of Idlib, northern Syria, Al Jazeera reported.  This reportedly marks the first attack of its kind on the airport since the fall of the al-Assad regime in December 202