Israel advances to protect its borders with Syria, and Trump calls Turkey a "key player in shaping the post-Assad political landscape."

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.

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.

While Turkey backs the HTS regime, Israel is destroying its military capacity and claiming territory – fuelling fears of fragmentation.

The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A

Then, there are other means to knock Turkey’s nuclear reactor offline. The Stuxnet virus set Iran’s nuclear program back years; Turkey is not immune to cyber-attacks. Even if Israel were responsible for inserting a virus into Turkey’s atomic software, it is unclear that NATO would deem this a reason to react.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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