The Aporia · Eight air strikes hit airbase in Syria’s Idlib

Syrian state media report that eight air strikes hit the Abu al-Duhur military base in Idlib's eastern countryside on Tuesday, causing damage but no casualties. State TV quoted a military source as saying Israeli forces carried out the attack, although there is no immediate comment from the Israeli military. This marks the first attack on the airbase since Bashar al-Assad's government fell in December 2024. The airbase has been subject to previous attacks and suffered significant damage during Syria's 14-year war.

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In August, eight air strikes hit the Abu al-Duhur military base in Idlib, northwestern Syria, causing damage but no casualties. The strikes were attributed to Israel by Syrian state media, which quoted an unidentified military source as saying that Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the runway with eight strikes. This was reportedly a response to Syria's plans to allow Turkish troops to deploy at the base, which Israel said would threaten its security. In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office claimed that Syria was on the verge of violating an agreed-upon "status quo in security matters" by allowing Turkish troops to deploy there. The incident drew condemnation from Turkey, with the country's presidency accusing Israel of pursuing "expansionist and destabilising policies".

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Israel strikes an air base in Syria to prevent Turkish troops from deploying Same event

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Eight air strikes have hit an airbase in Idlib in northwestern Syria, causing damage and no casualties, Syrian state media report. asserted

media → hit → damage

The air strikes hit the runway of the Abu al-Duhur military base in Idlib’s eastern countryside early on Tuesday, according to state television reports. uncertain

strikes → hit → reports

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It → vow → December

State TV quoted a military source as saying Israeli forces carried out the attack. asserted

forces → quote → attack

“Israeli occupation aircraft early this morning targeted the runway of the Abu Duhur military airport … with eight strikes,” state TV quoted the unidentified source as saying. asserted

TV → target → source

Reporting from Damascus, Al Jazeera correspondent Sohaib al-Khalaf said the nature of the attack resembles previous Israeli attacks on Syrian military sites and installations that have aimed to undermine the Syrian military’s capabilities. asserted

that → report → capabilities

Abu al-Duhur airbase suffered extensive destruction during the 14 years of the Syrian war. asserted

airbase → suffer → war

Opposition forces took control of it in 2015 after fighting with government forces. asserted

forces → take → forces

In 2019, it was recaptured by forces loyal to al-Assad, but the base was not functional due to significant damage it sustained throughout the war. asserted

it → recapture → war

Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett, reporting from Saraqib, noted that Israel has increased attacks on Syrian military sites since al-Assad fled the country. asserted

Assad → report → country

“There is a continuing Israeli campaign to degrade Syrian military capabilities that began under the Assad regime, but it rapidly escalated immediately after its fall,” she said. asserted

she → be → fall

“Israel systematically bombed the Syrian air force basically out of existence, and in the last year and a half, there has been an effort to rebuild some of that air capacity,” she added. asserted

she → bomb → capacity

Eight air strikes hit airbase in Syria’s Idlib

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