Israel says US criticism of strike on Syria 'full of inaccuracies' - news.cgtn.com

In the United States on 22 August 2026, a US envoy criticised an Israeli strike on a Syrian air base. Anadolu Agency and Dawn wrote that the US said the intelligence behind the strike was wrong. Trump envoy Tom Barrack said the strike nearly led to a clash with Türkiye, that Israel gave no warning to the US ahead of it, and that the US found no Turkish deployment. He also suggested the strike sought to ‘bait’ Turkey ahead of elections.

Israel said the US criticism was ‘full of inaccuracies’, and Israel conducted a fresh strike in Syria after the US criticism. Reuters wrote that Damascus condemned the attack. Kommersant wrote that Katz criticised the US ambassador to Turkey over his words on the strikes.