The American envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, expressed his deep concern about the Israeli air strikes that targeted the Abu al-Duhur air base in the Idlib countryside, warning of their repercussions on regional stability.
Barak said, in a post on his account on the “X” platform on Tuesday, that these raids constitute “an unnecessary escalation that does not contribute to strengthening regional stability.”
He added that the government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa “did not adopt a hostile or expansionist approach, nor did it maintain proxy forces, but rather repeatedly indicated its preference for reducing the escalation with Israel.”
He explained that the United States had previously hosted, and will continue to host, discussions aimed at encouraging the diplomatic path instead of resorting to military options for both countries.
Barak stressed that sustainable de-escalation agreements are built through continuous dialogues with all countries and parties concerned, calling for restraint, engaging in the diplomatic track, and giving priority to rational and constructive dialogue instead of sliding into more military incidents.
In turn, Syria considered the raids that it accused Israel of launching on the Abu al-Duhur military airport in the northwest of the country as “unjustified aggression,” calling on the international community to take a firm stance regarding the repeated violations of its sovereignty.
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed, in a statement, that the state “is committed to restraint and is working to establish stability and avoid escalation,” calling on the Security Council to clearly condemn the attack and take a firm stance toward the repeated Israeli violations of Syrian sovereignty.
This came after a Syrian military source confirmed that 8 Israeli raids targeted the airport this morning.
Israeli sources revealed last week that Washington had rejected an Israeli request to launch raids on targets inside Syrian territory, without clarifying the nature of the targets to be targeted, according to what was reported by Israeli Channel 13.
Since the fall of the former regime headed by Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, the regions of southern Syria have witnessed repeated Israeli incursions, accompanied by the establishment of military checkpoints, the search of passers-by and homes, and the detention of civilians, amid Israeli accusations of the existence of security threats in the region.
Previous rounds of meetings between the Syrian and Israeli sides, which were held in different countries during the past months, have not led to reaching a security agreement so far.
