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Syria denounced an Israeli strike near Damascus as a violation of international law, days after reports emerged that Israel had struck the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, about 70km from the Turkish border, highlighting continuing Israeli military activity inside Syrian territory even as Damascus's new government seeks international rehabilitation. Israel claimed the strikes targeted preparations it said Ankara was undertaking at the base. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded publicly, saying Turkey would not abandon its allies in Syria and would not allow Israel or any outside power to dictate 'red lines' for Turkish foreign policy. The remarks signal rising friction between Ankara and Israel over their competing footprints in post-Assad Syria.