Trump’s Syria envoy says Israeli air strikes on base ‘unnecessary escalation’
Tom Barrack, President Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, on Tuesday condemned Israeli air strikes on a Syrian air base as an “unnecessary escalation.” Israel carried out eight airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur base’s runway and storage facilitie.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated world brief. The source report from The Hill says: Tom Barrack, President Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, on Tuesday condemned Israeli air strikes on a Syrian air base as an “unnecessary escalation.” Israel carried out eight airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur base’s runway and storage facilitie.
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- Published: Aug 18, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC
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