Turkey Confirms Coordination with Damascus on Military Training Base, Joint Operations Center in Syria - The Syrian Observer

Turkey mulls building new military base to train forces in Syria

Turkey is becoming increasingly involved in Syria’s post-Assad period, offering to build an army base set out to train the Syrian army against insurgency.

Turkey Confirms Coordination with Damascus on Military Training Base, Joint Operations Center in Syria - The Syrian Observer

Turkey’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed ongoing coordination with the Syrian government regarding plans to support the newly restructured Syrian army, including the potential establishment of a military training base inside Syria. This follows a regional agreement to bolster counterterrorism efforts and enhance regional stability. In a statement issued on Thursday, Turkish defense sources revealed that a ministerial-level meeting took place i…

Forging a Historic Alliance: Turkish-Syrian Relations Post-Assad

Speculation mounts over potential defense agreements between Ankara and Damascus, raising questions about their strategic implications. To explore this pivotal development, Levant 24 (L24) speaks with Hamza Tekin, a Turkish political analyst and expert on Middle Eastern affairs.

Turkey ‘crawls’ into Syria, plans military base setup

Knowing this, Turkey has opted for a gradual, “crawling” approach into Syrian territory under the familiar pretext that the new regime has invited them.  It is clear to all that this is merely the first step, paving the way for a broader military presence in Syria and an eventual transformation of the country into a Turkish protectorate. Israel has already expressed its opposition to this step. Turkey is exploring the possibility of establishing…

The rapprochement between the new administration and Turkey in Syria has caused uneasiness in many countries, especially in the terror state of Israel. Striking statements came from Jonathan Adiri, Advisor to Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, regarding the contacts on the Ankara-Damascus line. Adiri, who stated that these contacts should cause concern in Tel Aviv, said that Israel should take action now to prevent a future war with Turkey. …

Former Israeli presidential adviser worried about Türkiye-Syria rapprochement - Türkiye Today

Jonathan Adiri, former adviser to late Israeli President Shimon Peres, has expressed alarm over a potential rapprochement between Türkiye and Syria, warning it could pose a greater threat to Israel than Iran. “Israel must initiate a decisive move to prevent the Israel-Türkiye war,” Adiri says. Writing in Yedioth Ahronoth, Adiri emphasized Ankara’s growing geopolitical footprint and urged Israeli policymakers to take preemptive steps to avoid fut…