Ankara/Damascus, Aug. 20 -- Turkey's Defence Ministry has denied that a Turkish military delegation visited Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase before Israel struck the site this week, contradicting remarks made by Syria's foreign minister a day earlier.
"There was no Turkish military delegation at the (Abu al-Duhur) airbase in Syria before or during Israel's attack on the base," Turkish Defence Ministry spokesperson Rear Adm Zeki Akturk said at a briefing on Thursday, and called the Israeli strikes "unacceptable".
Akturk further called on Jerusalem to end its what he termed "reckless attacks" and comply with "international law," adding that Ankara would continue supporting Damascus' efforts to restore stability and protect its sovereignty and t...