# US admission puts Israeli strike on Syrian air base under scrutiny

https://mins.news/en/video/29826

- TRT World, 2026-08-23 13:44 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCBZq3YZiQ

> Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria, says the intelligence behind an Israeli strike on a Syrian air base was wrong and that Turkish forces were not moving military assets there. The admission comes as Syria becomes an increasingly sensitive source of friction between Ankara and Tel Aviv.

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