Turkey
Israeli strikes reflect concern over Ankara-backed Syrian rearmament and Islamist rule, former IDF officer tells JNS.
The sides discussed a U.S.-supervised communication mechanism involving Ankara that would prevent escalation in Syrian territory.
“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 Israeli premier warned Ankara against military entrenchment south of Aleppo following an attack on the Abu al-Duhur airbase early Tuesday morning.
The Turkish leader spoke alongside P.A. chief Abbas, who was on a two-day official visit to Ankara.
Smotrich urges Netanyahu to bar the Palestinian Authority leader’s return to Israel and Judea and Samaria.
Hundreds of personnel and dozens of vessels took part in branch-wide exercises across the Mediterranean and Red Seas, simulating multi-arena warfare and the defense of strategic assets.
