- US Special Envoy Tom Barrack warned that Israeli airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase in north-western Syria represent an unnecessary escalation.
- Syrian state TV reported eight strikes targeting the airbase runway in Idlib province, which caused material damage but no casualties.
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted that Turkey had been rehabilitating the long-disused airbase following the collapse of Bashar Assad's regime in December 2024.
- Tensions between Israel and Turkey have heightened since Assad's fall, prompting Israel to launch hundreds of strikes to neutralise Syrian military assets.
- Although the new authorities in Damascus maintain they do not seek conflict with Israel, Israeli officials remain wary of the former insurgent-led government.
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