# US envoy: Strike on Abu-Duhur could have triggered Israel-Turkey-Syria clash

https://mins.news/en/item/26337

- TASS, 2026-08-19 15:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2175221

> US envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack said Israel’s August 18 strike on Syria’s Abu Duhur airfield carried a real risk of rapidly escalating into direct military confrontation with Turkey and Syria. He said Turkish forces did not know the Israeli aircraft’s target and might have scrambled fighters believing they were under attack. Quiet talks are under way to revive an Israel-Syria deconfliction mechanism, potentially involving Turkey.

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