Israel’s Syria strike may have been bid to provoke Turkey conflict, US envoy says

Unannounced Israeli jets near the Turkish border could easily have triggered a clash, in a high-stakes ‘warning’ to Ankara

On Tuesday, Israeli fighter jets attacked Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria, drawing condemnations from the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, as well as regional countries.

He compared the incident to Turkey's 2015 downing of a Russian fighter near the Syrian border

Fresh analysis has also raised questions over whether Israeli strikes on Turkish forces in Syria would trigger NATO’s collective-defence mechanism, adding a dangerous new dimension to the regional crisis.