Benjamin Netanyahu says Syria is "on the verge of breaching" an agreement on foreign troops

After Israel bombed Syria’s Abu Duhur airbase in Idlib, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Damascus had disregarded repeated warnings and was facing an expected breakdown of an agreed arrangement on foreign military deployments in Syria. Turkey’s communications directorate dismissed that as a baseless, politically motivated attempt to legitimize the airstrikes and help Netanyahu before Israel’s October elections. The dispute follows Turkey’s request for an Interpol red notice for Netanyahu and an Israeli soldier, tied to an Istanbul trial in absentia on genocide charges stemming from Israel’s boarding of Gaza Sumud aid vessels near Cyprus. Syria’s foreign minister denied any Turkish military buildup at the airfield.