The growing Turkish influence in Syria is alarming Jerusalem. More and more Israelis see Ankara as a strategic threat that could lead to a direct military confrontation.
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Jerusalem’s top diplomat hit back after Ankara’s chief envoy called Netanyahu a criminal who takes pleasure in shedding blood and urged action to stop him.
Turkey’s president compared Israel to history’s worst mass murderers as Jerusalem accused Ankara of incitement and support for Hamas.
Israeli strikes reflect concern over Ankara-backed Syrian rearmament and Islamist rule, former IDF officer tells JNS.
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The latest Israeli strikes in Syria have raised concerns in Washington about a direct confrontation between Israel and Turkey. A look at two decades of growing tensions, the roles of Netanyahu and Erdoğan, and the Trump’s efforts to prevent further escalation.
The Israeli premier warned Ankara against military entrenchment south of Aleppo following an attack on the Abu al-Duhur airbase early Tuesday morning.
With the attack on a military airfield in Idlib, Israel is drawing a new red line against Ankara, as Israeli-Turkish tensions increasingly move toward open conflict.
Israel sees the Turkish threat clearly. The problem is that after nearly three years of continuous war, it may be too exhausted to respond.
Israeli observers say the Pakistan-Saudi-Turkish agreement signifies the rise of a Sunni axis.
