{"id":39084,"date":"2025-08-02T09:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=39084"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:31:22","slug":"syria-between-ankara-and-tel-aviv-friendly-foe-or-hostile-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/02\/08\/2025\/syria-between-ankara-and-tel-aviv-friendly-foe-or-hostile-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Between Ankara and Tel Aviv: Friendly Foe or Hostile Friend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syria today is entering a pivotal phase in its modern history, standing atop a geopolitical fault line that threatens to redraw the entire map of the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the north, Turkey is manoeuvring under the pretext of countering the Kurdish threat. To the south, Israel is expanding its reach under the guise of protecting the Druze minority. While these justifications may sound humanitarian, both conceal deeper strategic agendas, rooted in control over new trade and supply routes, from Israel\u2019s proposed \u201cDavid Corridor\u201d to Turkey\u2019s energy pipelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey envisions Syria as part of its strategic sphere, pushing forward economic and military projects with long-term implications. Chief among these is the Qatar\u2013Turkey gas pipeline, an initiative Ankara has been pursuing since 2009, which would transform Turkey into a central energy hub linking the Middle East to Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other side, Israel is pursuing its own expansionist project through the so-called \u201cDavid Corridor<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a land route that would stretch from the occupied Golan Heights eastward through southern Syria and into Iraq, reaching the Euphrates River. The goal: to block Iran\u2019s access to the Levant, elevate Israel as a regional economic competitor to China\u2019s Belt and Road, and secure resource-rich territories abundant in water and oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tensions between these two regional powers have reached a boiling point. Israel\u2019s Ministry of Defense, through its internal \u201cNagel Committee\u201d, has reportedly recommended that the government prepare for a potential military conflict with Turkey, considering Ankara\u2019s presence in Syria to be a greater long-term threat than Iran\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/22\/07\/2025\/imagined-middle-east-are-we-returning-to-kissingers-1974-vision\/#\">Imagined Middle East: Are We Returning to Kissinger\u2019s 1974 Vision?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the tension, reports suggest that Turkey and Israel have entered a tacit, undeclared agreement to avoid direct military confrontation in Syria. This understanding includes the establishment of a real-time communication line to prevent escalation during overlapping military operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to leaked details, Israel has agreed to tolerate Turkish expansion north of Palmyra, provided Turkey refrains from deploying air defence systems or surveillance radar that could monitor Israeli air activity. In return, Turkey accepts Israel\u2019s insistence on keeping southern Syria a demilitarized zone, preserving Israel\u2019s aerial and intelligence freedom in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The true dilemma lies in the paradoxical relationship between Turkey and Israel, each needing the other, while simultaneously fearing the other\u2019s ambitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey seeks to guarantee that Israel does not obstruct its military or economic agendas in Syria. Conversely, Israel is wary of Turkish expansion near its borders and its potential to reshape regional power dynamics in ways unfavourable to Israeli interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within this high-stakes landscape, Syria\u2019s new leadership finds itself in an extremely delicate position. Damascus must walk a tightrope: leveraging Turkey\u2019s reconstruction and security support while avoiding provocation of Israel, an actor that effectively controls portions of Syrian territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This strategic balancing act may explain why Syrian Israeli backchannel meetings in Azerbaijan, a Turkish-aligned space, have reportedly intensified. These meetings aim to manage overlapping interests without triggering open confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Israeli Turkish rivalry in Syria is not just a competition for influence, but a contest over the future structure of the Middle East. Whether Syria becomes a bridge for regional cooperation or a theatre for destructive proxy conflict will depend on how effectively Damascus navigates this volatile dynamic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the central question remains: Can Syria turn its hostile friends into real partners, or will it learn the hard way that its friendliest enemies hide the sharpest agendas? The answer will shape not only Syria\u2019s destinybut the broader balance of power across the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria today is entering a pivotal phase in its modern history, standing atop a geopolitical fault line that threatens to redraw the entire map of the Middle East. To the north, Turkey is manoeuvring under the pretext of countering the Kurdish threat. 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