Syria and the US have strongly condemned Israeli air strikes targeting Abu al-Duhur military airbase in Idlib province's eastern countryside, with Damascus calling it a “flagrant violation” of the country's sovereignty and Washington describing it as an “unnecessary escalation".
In a statement on Tuesday, the foreign ministry called the attack “an unjustified act of aggression, a flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and a dangerous escalation that threatens security and stability in the region.”
“The continuation of these Israeli attacks since December 8, 2024, at a time when Syria has exercised restraint and worked to consolidate stability and avoid escalation, once again demonstrates the Israeli occupation’s attempts to undermine these efforts and drag the region toward further tension and instability,” the ministry said.
Meanwhile, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said that Washington is “deeply concerned” over confirmed Israeli air strikes, describing the attack as an “unnecessary escalation".
“We are deeply concerned that the confirmed Israeli air strikes on Abu al-Duhur Airbase constitute an unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability,” Barrack said on X.
“The Ahmed al Sharaa government has neither adopted a predatory posture nor maintained proxy forces. It has, in fact, repeatedly indicated a preference for de-escalation with Israel,” he said.
“The United States has, in the past, and will continue in the future, to host discussions to encourage diplomatic cadence over kinetic frustration for both nations,” added Barrack, who is also the US ambassador to Türkiye.
Israel carried out eight air strikes targeting the runway of Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in the eastern countryside of Idlib in northern Syria on Tuesday morning, causing material damage to the airbase’s infrastructure, without causing casualties, according to Al-Ikhbariyya TV.
