Envoy says Israel did not give the US notice before strikes on Syrian base

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US envoy Tom Barrack has accused Israel of not providing adequate warning before conducting strikes on Syria's Abu Duhur military base this week, calling the action an "unnecessary escalation." However, Israeli officials deny this claim, stating they shared intelligence with authorized US parties prior to the strike. The Israeli Defense Minister criticized Barrack's comments as inaccurate and contradictory to US President Trump's stance on the Golan Heights. Israel has recently increased threats against Turkey, viewing it as a regional rival, while Turkey condemned the Israeli strikes as "reckless." The article notes that the Golan Heights is considered occupied Syrian territory under international law.

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The Syrian territory of the Golan Heights is considered occupied under international law.

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz called Barrack's comments inaccurate and contradictory to Trump's stance.

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Israeli officials deny failing to warn the US, stating intelligence was shared with authorized parties.

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US envoy Tom Barrack claims Israel did not provide adequate warning before strikes on a Syrian base.

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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.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US pressure on Israel needed for peace in Syrialist 2 of 3Israel attacks airbase in Syria’s Idlib as US, Turkiye slam ‘escalation’list 3 of 3Rubio says Trump envoy Barrack to step down from Syria postend of listIsraeli officials, who have warned Turkiye against supplementing its military presence in Syria, angrily denounced the comments from Barrack.Israeli Defence Minister Israel-katz" class="entity-link entity-person" data-entity-id="4249" data-entity-type="person">Israel Katz said in a social media post on Saturday that Israel had shared “intelligence information to the authorised parties in the United States” prior to the strike on Tuesday.Israel has stepped up threats against Turkiye in recent months, portraying the country as a potential rival that aims to expand its regional influence. Turkiye, for its part, blasted the Israeli strikes as “reckless”.Katz denounced Barrack’s comments as “full of inaccuracies and positions that contradict the stance of US President [Donald] Trump himself”, regarding Israel’s military occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.While Barrack has acknowledged the territory as occupied, the first Trump administration recognised Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in 2019.The Syrian territory is considered occupied under international law, after it was captured from Syria during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

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