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U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Barrack says Israel used faulty intelligence in Idlib
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Thomas Barrack said the intelligence Israel used in its attack on the Abu Zuhur Air Base was inaccurate. Barrack said U.S. intelligence had not confirmed the claim that Türkiye would transport military personnel to the base.
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Thomas Barrack said the intelligence on which Israel’s attack on the Abu Zuhur Military Air Base in Syria’s Idlib province was based did not reflect reality.
In an interview on Friday, Barrack said he did not know why the attack had been carried out but could share the assessments that had reached him.
U.S. intelligence did not confirm the claim
Barrack said Israel had received information that Türkiye could send military personnel to an air base in Syria and that this information had been shared with the U.S. administration. He said the claim had been examined by U.S. agencies.
The U.S. diplomat described the outcome of the assessment conducted with intelligence agencies as follows: “We consulted with our intelligence agencies, and the response we received was that this claim was not true.”
Barrack also said there may have been a breakdown in the flow of information among the Israeli military, Mossad and the prime minister’s office.
Ankara and Washington were not informed before the attack
Barrack said Türkiye and the United States had not been informed before the attack and described the Turkish army as “strong and brave.” He also said the army was well equipped and knew its mission well.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the prime minister’s office, however, alleged in two separate statements that Turkish troops had attempted to deploy to the Abu Zuhur Military Air Base.
Eight airstrikes hit the Abu Zuhur runway
Israeli aircraft targeted the runway of the Abu Zuhur Military Airfield in northwestern Idlib with eight airstrikes at dawn on Tuesday. The attacks damaged the airfield’s infrastructure.
Sources at Türkiye’s Ministry of National Defense said there had been no Turkish military mission at the Abu Zuhur Air Base either before or during the attack.
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