Middle East
As regional alliances shift, Israel’s peace with Egypt and Jordan is under growing strain, but shared security, economic and strategic interests still favor continued cooperation.
Tehran issued stark warnings after Trump and Treasury Secretary Bessent vowed to impose record financial penalties.
Asaad al-Shaibani said that contact with Jerusalem was cut off in the wake of the Israelis strikes on an airbase in northwestern Syria.
Ankara’s silent inroads in Syria has been on Israel’s radar for over a year, whether it’s APCs given as a “gift” to al-Sharaa or Turkey’s aerial capabilities. The strike on Abu al-Duhur signals an end to its containment strategy.
“Erdoğan is an antisemitic dictator who has massacred Kurds, harbors Hamas terrorists, occupies half of Cyprus, and jails record numbers of journalists.”
Contrary to claims made by the U.S. special envoy for Syria, the IDF operated on “clear intelligence,” the defense minister said.
Damascus’s campaign against Iranian arms routes and Hezbollah offers Israel a strategic opening. Syria’s fragility, Turkey’s military and pressure for an IDF withdrawal make this convergence of interests valuable and dangerous.
The career diplomat was sworn in as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs amid tension in the region and close advisers to the president overseeing Mid East portfolios due to vacant U.S. envoy posts.
The Israeli premier warned Ankara against military entrenchment south of Aleppo following an attack on the Abu al-Duhur airbase early Tuesday morning.
“These maniacs are on the ropes, and these historic measures will cripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide,” said the U.S. president.
