Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
A senior Israeli official confirmed to Reuters on April 10 that delegations from Turkey and Israel met a day earlier in Azerbaijan to discuss a deconfliction mechanism aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria.
During the meeting, Israel “made it unequivocally clear that any change in the deployment of foreign forces in Syria, in particular the establishment of Turkish bases in the Palmyra area, is a red line,” the official said.
The official added that Israel has made it clear that preventing any such activity “is the responsibility of the government in Damascus. Any activity that endangers Israel will threaten the rule of [Syrian President Ahmed] al-Sharaa.”
Meanwhile, Turkish sources said that the talks mark the beginning of efforts to set up a channel to avoid potential clashes or misunderstandings between the two countries’ operations in the region.
“Efforts will continue to establish this mechanism,” one of the sources says, without providing further details on the scope or timeline of the talks.
Turkey, which backed Islamists-led forces that overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad last December, has been working to build a strategic alliance, including a defense pact, with the interim government installed by its allies in Syria.
On the other hand, Israel has been waging a military campaign to push the forces of Syria’s new Islamist-led interim government away from the occupied Golan Heights and destroy the military capabilities of the war-torn country.
In recent weeks tensions between the two sides built up as Israeli strikes hit Palmyra and two other air bases in central Syria, T4 and Hama, which were scouted by the Turkish military for possible deployment, according to Reuters. Another report by the Middle East Eye revealed Turkish plans to deploy air defenses and combat drones in the region.
The Israeli-Turkish technical talks on Syria were first reported by Channel 12 news on April 9. An Israeli official told the channel that the aim of the talk was to establish a deconfliction mechanism “similar to the one built between Israel and Russia.”
Earlier in the day, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in a live interview on CNN Turk that the two countries have been holding talks on the matter “when needed.”
“While we are conducting certain operations in Syria, there needs to be a deconfliction mechanism with Israel, which flies aircraft in that region, similar to mechanisms we have with the US and Russia,” the minister said.
“There are technical contacts to prevent combat elements from misunderstanding each other,” HE continued, adding that technical teams are communicating “when needed.”
Separately, a senior Israeli official told the Ynet news site that during a security cabinet meeting late on April 9, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers that Israel is not seeking a confrontation with Turkey in Syria, but will not hesitate to act if necessary to defend itself.
The fact that talks were held in Azerbijan was not surprising, as Baku enjoys excellent relations with both Israel and Turkey.
At the annual ADA University Policy Forum in Baku earlier on April 9, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev referenced his country’s past role in facilitating Israeli-Turkish ties, noting that “both countries are close friends of Azerbaijan.”
“We hope that the process will lead to normalization,” Aliyev said. “I think, despite the legitimate concerns and despite the quite a high level of mistrust, there can still be found grounds for normalization and areas of mutual interest. So the process, to my mind, should not stop, and Azerbaijan is doing everything in its position to facilitate the process.”
Earlier in the week, United States President Donald Trump touted himself as a possible mediator between Israel and Turkey.
Trump, speaking alongside Netanyahu during the premier’s White House visit on April 7, said that negotiations could be helped by the president’s “great relations” with Erdogan, whom he said he likes very much and called “very smart.” He went on to acknowledge Turkey’s dominance in Syria, saying he told Erdogan he had “taken it over through surrogates.”
“I told the [Israeli] prime minister, I said, ‘Bibi, if you have a problem with Turkey, I really think I’m going to be able to work it out,’” Trump told reporters, using Netanyahu’s nickname.
“You know, I have a very, very good relationship with Turkey and with their leader, and I think we’ll be able to work it out,” he added. “As long as you are reasonable, you have to be reasonable.”
The recent developments indicate that Israel is determined to prevent Turkey from establishing any substantial military presence in central Syria. Turkey will not likely escalate as a confrontation with Israel could put all of its gains in the country at risk.
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40,000 alawites were slaughtered for obeying assad’s order to peacefully hand over power to isis.
when did he do that you piece of shit?
do you find it hard to believe that isis wahhabis are violent people?
x saa tiger army you mean….
turkey must deploy its f16 fighter jets in syria and must send troops syria. erdogan is not dictator. from west and from north war must begin between rojova( kurdistan ) and turkey must invade east syris fastly. then erdogan will be elect again for 5 more years.
if katz doesn’t send an army and take damascus and install a druze from idf as the president of syria
will turkey burn and slaughter israel. turkey is in nato and german soldiers speak to each other in turkish.jolani’s gangs only know how to kill and nothing else.the 40,000 killed alawites are not the end, nor was nadia murad the last victim of these monsters.
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to israel , turkey is simply a toy to be played with . it is so compromised by the cia , mi6 and cia it now longer represents anything but what israel wants . it is what it is .
if this is true, this toy will soon kill israel. in our area, it has happened many times that their own dogs have torn their owners apart.
ergo is a fucking forward…only farts warm air from his mouth
and it’s not over yet, because the gang of terrorist criminals led by jolani won’t be satisfied until they’ve killed everything in the area. trump is crazy because he wants the iraqi militias to disarm, because these militias would at least protect iraq a little and thus prevent israel from being surrounded by isis. so israel, a rich but small country, will suddenly be surrounded by isis and turkey is in nato. did trump really need to destroy the beautiful relationship between jordan israel?
jordan is a puppet government of israel . just like egypt , just like syria just like lebanon . they let israel do what ever it wants in the end . mossad runs deep in these places
jordan is the kingdom. syria doesn’t exist anymore, that’s the isis state.
jordan even shot down some iranian missiles, and now trump has driven a wedge between jordan and israel.
mollahs militants protecting iraq?🖕
sobieski’s greatest success came in 1683, with his victory at the battle of vienna, in joint command of polish, austrian and german troops, against the invading ottomans under kara mustafa.[27][32] upon reaching vienna on 12 september, with the ottoman army close to breaching the walls, sobieski ordered a full attack. in the early morning, the united army of about 65,000[33]–76,000[32] men (including 22,000,[33]–27,000 poles[27]) attacked a turkish force of about 143,000[33][32] men.
i like the video better when sisi says he arrested morsi.
he is a true gentleman. trump should respect him, not just respect himself and no one else.
at about 5:00 pm, after observing the infantry battle from the kahlenberg hilltop, sobieski led the polish husaria cavalry along with austrians and germans in a massive charge down the hillside. soon, the ottoman battle line was broken and the ottoman forces scattered in disarray.[34] at 5:30 pm, sobieski entered the deserted tent of kara mustafa and the battle of vienna ended the pope and other foreign dignitaries hailed sobieski as the “savior of vienna and western european civilization.”
the problem with history is who wrote it any what is the bias of the empire enabled it . all real historians start there . hasbara is created to control history
are count dracula and jan sobieski fictional characters? like in the cartoon tom and jerry?
you seems another fomenko supporter…
if israel speaks it lies . take gaza which is actually egyptian per the 1967 un security council resolution 242 . does israel seek to be internationally hated ? sure looks like it .
why did bibi destroy morsi and install sisi as president of egypt?
because el sisi is prettier, smarter, and more handsome.
turks too smart for cia/bibi overthrow of assad. syria is now gift to turkey over time. on the good side for israel , syria will have a more stable regime tolerent of jews but also a powerful enemy to keep them in check
if he did this, he was very stupid, because erdogan has long had a plan to destroy israel. israel will be destroyed if bibi does not put a druze at the head of syria. jolani’s thugs are dangerous lying terrorists who will not stop on their own. then there’s erdogan, who dreams of restoring the ottoman empire and thinks that allah has ordered him to liberate palestine. what is happening in turkey and syria is about the same as releasing the worst psychopaths from a maximum-security mental
if netanyahu is cooperating with these gangs, he is either bribed with qatari money, or he is a madman, or he is a traitor who desires the destruction of israel. or all three together and he wants erdoğan’s army to destroy israel. in any case, these people are dangerous and plotting the destruction of israel. if netanyahu thinks he can control these terrorists, it’s like the story of the woman who slept with the python, and the python was not eat. the animal measured its owner every night
the vet told the woman that she should no longer sleep with the snake, otherwise she would become a meal. it’s the same story about the frog and the scorpion, when the scorpion stung the frog in the middle of the river and the scorpion drowned. that’s why i say it’s very dangerous for israel to help erdogan’s gangs, because in the end, israel will also be destroyed.
turks are ruled / bribed by the klan
bibi must take over hagia sophia and turn it from a mosque into a synagogue.
ignore the jews, they are full of bullshit. they just steal land and live on welfare handouts from uncle samberg
there is a hospital in tel aviv where wounded kurds lie alongside israeli victims of traffic accidents.
you’re roadkill. stay dead
it’s amazing how stupid and cowards all these arab and muslim countries are in the region. the bow down to the zio nazi terrorist jewscums in isrealhell instead of banding together to confront the terrorist. they all …like turkey offer empty words to the palestinians and syrians while bending over for the gay zio jewscum to ram them from behind without lubrication
erdogan pls tell me you’re not bending over for the jewish scum. the only aim forbturkey, for iran, for iraq, for syria must be to evict the jews from the illegally occupied palestine, a piece of of land the jews have no right to.