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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-906261
Israel Targeted Syria Airbase over Planned Turkish Troop, Radar Presence
(Jerusalem Post) Idan Kweller - The IDF hit the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in Syria after it received intelligence that Turkey was seeking to station a radar and an air defense system manned by Turkish troops there, sources confirmed to the Jerusalem Post. Israeli sources told Channel 11 that the four IDF strikes were aimed at the base's runway to prevent Turkish troops from landing. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Saturday that the army issued a direct warning to senior Syrian officials before the airstrikes. "After the request went unanswered, the prime minister and I authorized the IDF to carry out the strike, which commenced successfully. Erdogan was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and was forced to back down."