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Turkey's military expansion in Syria: A new threat to Israel's security - opinion
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call for Allah to "bring destruction upon Zionist Israel," underscores that a direct military clash is inevitable.
By Shay Gal | April 2, 2025
A Turkish drone penetrating Israeli airspace is no longer imaginary – by 2025, it has become a realistic threat. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unprecedented statement on March 30, openly calling for Allah to bring "destruction upon Zionist Israel," underscores that a direct military clash is inevitable. Turkey is already deeply entrenched near Israel’s borders, unlikely to leave voluntarily.
Turkey's military expansion in Syria: A new threat to Israel's security - opinion
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call for Allah to "bring destruction upon Zionist Israel," underscores that a direct military clash is inevitable.
By Shay Gal | April 2, 2025
A Turkish drone penetrating Israeli airspace is no longer imaginary – by 2025, it has become a realistic threat. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unprecedented statement on March 30, openly calling for Allah to bring "destruction upon Zionist Israel," underscores that a direct military clash is inevitable. Turkey is already deeply entrenched near Israel’s borders, unlikely to leave voluntarily.
Following the Turkish-backed December 2024 coup in Damascus, Ankara has become Syria’s principal powerbroker, directly or indirectly controlling around 8,000 sq.km. from Idlib to Ras al-Ayn, dangerously close to Israeli territory.
This Islamist-oriented Syrian government, now openly allied with Ankara, is actively negotiating a formal defense pact to host Turkish troops and advanced air-defense systems permanently on Syrian soil, a move that would fundamentally alter the strategic balance.
Reports confirm that Turkey is already preparing air bases in northern Syria capable of launching drone operations, which could threaten Israeli airspace directly and severely constrain Israel’s operational freedom.
Israel’s strategic community, as indicated clearly in the Nagel Committee's report released in January 2025, has identified Turkey's deepening military entrenchment in Syria as potentially "even more dangerous than the Iranian threat."
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Eran Ortal, former head of the IDF's Dado Center, echoes this concern, emphasizing Turkey's advanced drone capabilities, sophisticated electronic warfare, and NATO-standard military training as critical risks to Israel’s national security.
Further compounding Israel's challenge is Turkey's overt support for Hamas, increasingly operating freely within Turkish territory. Senior Hamas operatives, including Saleh al-Arouri, have been coordinating terrorist operations from Istanbul – a reality confirmed by Israeli intelligence and reported widely in international media.
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What are the US's plans in Syria as Turkey takes over Syrian military bases as well? A reconnaissance force from the United States military accompanied by hundreds of fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Free Army (SFA) had entered al-Dumayr Air Base close to the Syrian capital, Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on March 31:
In America (a failed experiment apparently) you can talk about anything you want to, degrade anyone you want to with impunity and criticize all you want but if you say one word criticizing Israel you are going to suffer the consequences:
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