Pakistan, Aug. 23 -- US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack said on Saturday that intelligence behind an Israeli attack on a military airbase in northern Syria earlier this week was wrong.

Barrack, who also serves as special envoy for Syria and Iraq, commented on Israel's airstrike on the abandoned Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in eastern Idlib province. He said on social media that he did not know why the attack was carried out, but could share the answers given to him.

The ambassador said Israel had received intelligence that Turkiye might be moving military assets to the airbase in Syria and shared the information with Washington, where the intelligence was analysed.

"We consulted our intelligence agencies, and the answer we received ...