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US Special Envoy for Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack speaks during a session at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 17, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/UMIT BEKTAS/FILE PHOTO) US envoy Tom Barrack warned that Israel's strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase, near Idlib, Syria, could have led to a rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation, possibly including Turkey. On Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister's Office took credit for a strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib, Syria. US Ambassador to Turkey and the Trump administration's special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack , said that the strike “carried a real risk of rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation between Israel and Turkey as well as Syria .” “Turkish forces were not aware that the Israeli aircraft were en route to that specific Syrian base, nor of their intended purpose, and therefore could potentially have been inclined to scramble their own jets in the belief that they themselv...

  IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Two tunnels belonging to Hamas were sealed in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Wednesday. The IDF's Gaza Division Combat Engineers were deployed to seal the tunnels , which had a combined length of more than two kilometers. Drone footage released by the IDF shows the tunnels running underground at length, packed with sandbags. Drone footage of one of the Gaza terror tunnels that was sealed shortly thereafter, published August 19, 2026. (Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) IDF continues to work, clearing out Hamas infrastructure east of the Yellow Line The IDF also said that troops operating in the area are working in accordance with the ceasefire agreement, while maintaining that the IDF continues to work to remove immediate threats.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir conducted a visit with troops in Syria on August 19, 2026. (Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir warned during a visit to southern Syria on Wednesday that Israel would not allow hostile forces to establish themselves along its borders and would use its military power wherever and whenever necessary. During the visit, Zamir held an operational situational assessment and toured southern Syria . As part of the tour, he spoke with reserve soldiers operating in the area and expressed his appreciation for their service and operational activity in the sector.

  (FILE PHOTO) A Palestinian man inspects the site of Wednesday's Israeli strike on a house whose residents were pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, in Gaza City, July 30, 2026. (photo credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters) The IDF announced on Wednesday that the Air Force struck two Hamas commanders, one of whom participated in the October 7th Massacre, in Nuseirat.  The IDF noted that it later struck a Hamas commander in the Tuffah area of Gaza, and that both of the terrorists planned to attack soldiers in the Strip.  According to Reuters, citing the Hamas-led Health Ministry, an airstrike at a police post in Gaza City killed nine Palestinians. The attack in Nuseirat killed one Palestinian, medics told Reuters , with Wednesday's death toll rising to at least 10. The military said that prior to the strike, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance.

  US special envoy for Syria, the ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack attends a flag-raising ceremony at the US ambassador's residence in Damascus on May 29, 2025 for the first time since 2011. (photo credit: RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images) Turkey condemned Israel's strikes on the Abu al-Dahur airbase in northwestern Syria but did not comment further, including about a potential deconfliction mechanism. The United States is working to establish a deconfliction mechanism among Israel, Turkey and Syria, US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday after Israel struck a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border. Barrack, who is also US ambassador to Turkey, said Turkey had not been warned about the Israeli strikes, "and consequently observed the aircraft heading north toward its territory and therefore could have reasonably prepared its own response," referring to possible Turkish military reaction

  French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot arrives to attend the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2026. (photo credit: BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS) The French ministry said last month that two French embassy staff had been detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran. France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days in response to an incident in July involving two staff members of the French embassy in Tehran. "I had announced that this intolerable act would have consequences. And so it has. Two Iranian diplomats in France will be expelled in the very near future," Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in a post on X/Twitter.