Israel advances to protect its borders with Syria, and Trump calls Turkey a "key player in shaping the post-Assad political landscape."
Turkey and Israel are the main strategic beneficiaries of the collapse of the Syrian regime, but now they are on a collision course of their own.
Ankara's growing military presence in Syria has led to a diplomatic clash between former allies Israel and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has supported Hamas, even hinting at some sort of armed intervention.
The Turkish foreign ministry has strongly condemned Israeli military action in Syria, including the IDF’s advance into the buffer zone between Israel and Syria. “Israel is once again displaying its occupation mentality,
With the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime and Turkey’s shared border with Syria, Erdogan’s statement – essentially threatening a ground invasion of Israel – carries troubling implications.
"Israel is trying to impose itself on a sovereign country without any justification... this is unacceptable," said the Turkish Foreign Minister
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Monday that Vice President Veronica Abad will be sent to work in Turkey, a decision that came the same day that a judge overturned her temporary suspension from office.
The blurring of its borders is also underway — from Israel to the southwest and Turkey to the north. Israel’s military wasted no time advancing on Syria after Assad was overthrown by Islamist-led rebels two weeks ago, with troops moving eastward into a ...
Israel rejected Turkish accusations on Tuesday following Ankara’s condemnation of Israeli military actions in Syria, as Turkey escalates its own operations in the war-torn country. The rising ...
Illustration: Madeline Marshall DUBAI—Turkey and Israel are the main strategic beneficiaries of the collapse of the Syrian regime, an event that has capped the dramatic decline of Iranian ...
The blurring of its borders is also underway — from Israel to the southwest and Turkey to the north. Israel’s military wasted no time advancing on Syria after Assad was overthrown by Islamist ...
In a separate attack, an Israeli drone strike near the hospital’s entrance killed one civilian, WAFA news agency reported. Meanwhile, rescue teams in Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood recovered the bodies of four Palestinians trapped under the rubble of a home destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last night.