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Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says Israel working with Russia to keep Turkey out of Syria

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Yedioth Ahronoth is Israel’s second-largest daily newspaper after Israel Today, and it reports that Israel is working with Russia to keep Turkey out of Syria. With most of the Western world obsessed with Russia and Ukraine, many may be nonplussed by this news. But there are other pressing issues besides Ukraine. For instance, Trump has warned that America “should worry less about Putin and more about migrant gangs, drug lords, murderers,” so that the US doesn’t end up like the European Union.

Turkey is extremely dangerous to Israel. It was responsible for facilitating and backing the jihadist regime that is now governing Syria, and it is virulently opposed to the state of Israel.

Israel has been launching strikes against several weapons sites inside Syria (military installations, facilities, and arsenals), so as to prevent jihad militias from getting their hands on the ammunition. Of course, Arab countries have been condemning Israel for “for violating Syria’s sovereignty and devastating assets belonging to the Arab nation”; not the least of these countries has been Turkey. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has demanded that Israel withdraw from Syria.

Israel needs to keep Turkey out of Syria as a showdown looms.

Erdogan, meanwhile, is aiming for a global caliphate with himself as caliph, and he’ll use any means to achieve this goal.

Turkey facilitated the rise of the Islamic State, which continues to be an ever-present threat in Syria. 10,000 ISIS fighters are jailed inside Syrian detention centers, while tens of thousands more of their jihadi family members are in displaced person camps. This potentially enormous army of jihadists is a grave threat to Israel, to the region and to the world.

Turkey is now also said to have a role as a logistics hub for ISIS-K (Khorasan Province).

Turkey is menacing to Israel, and is now at Israel’s back door via its extensive presence in Syria. It is urgent that Israel do whatever it can to stop Turkey.

Turkey should also be expelled from NATO, but instead EU countries are arming it. Greece has been “fiercely lobbying France” to halt the sale of radar-guided, air-to-air Meteor missiles to Turkey. Yet despite Greece’s concerns, many EU countries are moving ahead with arms sales to Turkey.

Yedioth Ahronoth has also stated that “Israel is actively working against the establishment of Turkish military bases, the training of the Syrian army by Turkish forces, and Türkiye’s role in protecting Syrian airspace.” Israel is exercising foresight, since Turkey was the most formidable force behind the overthrow of al-Assad. Turkey has for a considerable period provided funding, training, and military support to jihadist Syrian opposition groups, including the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

“Netanyahu opposes Türkiye’s presence in Syria: Israeli media,” Hürriyet Daily News, March 3, 2025:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly dispatched his military secretary, Roman Goffman, to Moscow to discuss Russia’s military operations in Syria.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Goffman aims to strengthen ties with Russia during a series of meetings in Russia’s capital. The report highlights Israel’s preference for maintaining Syria in a “weakened state” and its alignment with Russia over Türkiye, which is described as a “dominant power in the region.”

It argues that Israel “clearly favors Russia over Türkiye” and is seeking measures to reduce Ankara’s influence in Syria.

The report further claims that Israel is actively working against the establishment of Turkish military bases, the training of the Syrian army by Turkish forces, and Türkiye’s role in protecting Syrian airspace.

Additionally, Reuters previously reported that Israel is lobbying the U.S. to support the continued presence of Russian bases in Syria rather than allowing Türkiye to establish a stronger foothold in the region….

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  1. Turkey, Iran, and the 50+ Islamic Countries are Terrorist, Criminal Enterprises against Israel, America, and ALL Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran(Quran 9:5, 29 and more).

    Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam, a Terrorist Enterprise, and its deceitful Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous Muslim war, a RELIGIOUS DUTY, against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam due to illegal UNBELIEF and BLASPHEMY against Allah when despicable Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS(MTO) for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 3:151; 9:5,29,111 and more).

  2. Turkiye has the strongest army in Europe. IIt is a wealthy country. It is much more of a threat to the US and Israel than Russia. Erdogan is a member/supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood. How thick do you have to be to not see from where the threat, not only to Isrsel but the entire West, is coming. Iran is a tool of Turkey to moment religious fervor. Erdogan is looking to recreate the Ottoman Empire.

  3. Russia is a broken reed. It’s too late to keep Islamist, neo-Ottoman Turkiye out of Syria. They have the country, and will soon station Turkish troops on the Iraqi, Jordanian and Israeli borders. Even the Kurds have recognized Erdogan’s victory and are negotiating their surrender. United States troops will soon withdraw from Syria. Israel must prepare their defenses.

    • Actually, this could be one of the areas that the US and Russia can work together, instead of making Syria their battlefield. US can back the Kurds, and Russia the Christians. Put all sorts of pressure – economic, diplomatic, military – to force Turkey out, and then back a coalition regime of Christians, Kurds, Druze and maybe even Alawites. Have an Emirates style regime on what people can and can’t do, and you could see real peace return to Syria

  4. If true, it could well be another reason why Israel refused to condemn Russia at the UN, despite Moscow having done it several times even recently. In fact, the Assad regime was both good and bad for Israel. Good in that the Russians were backing it, and the Israelis could lay down the rules of the road w/ the Kremlin and ensure that no attacks on Israel by Syrians were allowed. Bad in that the Iranians were also backing it, and therefore, Israel had to be on the lookout for Iranian bases.

    If Russia regained power in Syria, and then empowered the Christians, while the Americans empowered the Kurds and the Israelis the Druze, that would be the best outcome for Syria. muslims, whether sunni or alawite, wouldn’t be persecuted, but them waging jihad wouldn’t be tolerated

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