Trump’s Syria envoy says Israeli air strikes on base ‘unnecessary escalation’

Tom Barrack, President Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, on Tuesday condemned Israeli air strikes on a Syrian air base as an “unnecessary escalation.” Israel carried out eight airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur base’s runway and storage facilities, Syria’s state-run Ekhbariya news outl

Israeli strikes hit an air base in northwest Syria, but no casualties are reported  AP News

US envoy Barrack hits out at Israeli attack on military airfield in Syria  thenationalnews.com

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack says an Israeli attack on a Syrian air force base was an "unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability."

Israel has not officially claimed the strikes on Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib, some 70 kilometers from the Turkish border. US envoy Tom Barrack called the Israeli strikes an "unnecessary escalation."

Israeli airstrikes on an air base in northwest Syria caused material damage but no casualties, according to Syrian state TV and the Foreign Ministry

The top U.S. envoy to Syria on Tuesday accused Israel of striking an airbase in the country, less than a day after White House envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for high-profile talks on disarmament in Gaza. “We are deeply concerned that the confirmed Israeli airstrikes on Abu al-Du

Israeli strikes hit an air base in northwest Syria, but no casualties are reported  Toronto Star

By Feras Dalatey and Tuvan Gumrukcu DAMASCUS/ANKARA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Israel bombed an airbase in Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, carrying out what appeared to be its first strike on Syrian government assets since March and drawing criticism from a U.S. envoy who called it an "unnecessary escalation".

US special envoy for Syria and Iraq, Tom Barrack, says the two countries should "prioritise logical discourse over further military incidents".

Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian airbase, US envoy concerned over escalation  Reuters

Ambassador Tom Barrack said the US remained deeply concerned by the strikes on Abu Duhur airbase

US Syria envoy says Israeli strikes on Syrian base 'unnecessary escalation' The US special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq has said that Israeli air strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military air base in northwestern Syria constitute an "unnecessary escalation" that does not advance regional stability. In a state