Growing confrontation between Israel and Turkey could reshape Middle East

LONDON – It was, by the standards of violence in the Middle East, a non-event. Early this week, Israeli jets dropped eight bombs on the Abu al-Duhur airfield in Syria. The bombs killed nobody, and that was not due to luck; it was by design.Yet what initially seemed like just a marginal story has now acquired a momentum all of its own. Officials in the US administration are furious with Israel for mounting this airfield attack. And throughout the Middle East, analysts speculate whether this is a harbinger of a broader Israeli offensive.