Israel's Syria strike risked scrambling Turkish jets, military escalation, US envoy tells 'Post'
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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.
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