The attacks of the Israel in Syria meant a warning to Turkey that tensions increase

Israel has launched a wave of air strikes on Syrian military aerodromes this week, in what officials confirmed to Fox News Digital “aimed at sending a clear message to Turkey so as not to interfere with Israeli air operations in Syrian airspace”.

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The Israeli defense forces have struck strategic assets at the same time at Hama's military airport and at air base T-4, including tracks, fuel storage sites, radar systems and weapons covers. The strikes follow weeks of information collection by the Israeli Air Force, which followed the military assets in the targeted bases.

The air bases, which had been under the control of the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, would now have looked at Turkey for extended use and the deployment of air defense systems.

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The general chief of staff LTG Eyal Zamir visited and carried out a situational assessment in the field of separation in Syria. (IDF)

Turkey has reported growing ambitions in Syria. Reports of Middle East eye Indicate that Turkish forces have started to take control of the T-4 base and plan to install air defense systems there. Since the fall of Assad in December, Ankara has accelerated negotiations with the interim Syrias government on a potential defense pact.

The Department of Foreign Turns reacted reacted Dushing to Israeli strikes, qualifying the Israeli government as “racist and fundamentalist”, accusing it of expansionist ambitions. “Israels' attacks in Syria, without any provocation, are inconceivable and indicate a policy that prosperous on conflicts,” said a spokesperson for the ministry. The press release also condemned the military operations of Israel as a threat to regional security.

Fox News Digital Requests for comments to the Turkish Embassy spokesperson in Washington, DC, has not been returned.

Dr. Sinan Ciddi, an expert in Turkey at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that Turkish President Recep Tayyip is trying to capitalize on the regional vacuum cleaner left by Russia and Iran.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan observed a military exercise in Izmir, Turkey, June 9, 2022. (Photo of Xinhua via Getty Images)

“Erdogan tries to revive the influence of turkeys in the region as a kind of neo-Ottoman power,” said Ciddi. “He sees the proxies of the Irans weaken, Russia took place and positions Turkey to dominate the region, in particular through military angels such as the bases.”

Ciddi said the Erdogans Long game includes the projection of power in Syria, curling the favor of the new government in Damascus and convincing the United States to grant access to turkey to F-35 fighter planes in exchange for “managing” Syria.

“Erdogan wants to go to Trump and say, I'm the big guy here. Leave me Syria, just give me the F-35,” said Ciddi. “But Israel considers it a direct threat. Bombing the T-4 track was a clear message: you are not welcome here.”

Turkish leaders recent inflammatory rhetoric Including prayers for the destruction of Israel during a Ramadan service alarmed Israeli and American observers.

During a recent webinar organized by the Jewish Institute for National Security in America (JINSA), the former American ambassador to Türkiye Eric Edelman called for an urgent diplomatic intervention.

Security forces faithful to the temporary driving of the Syrian government at the rear of a vehicle moving along a road in the west of the city of Latakie in Syria on March 9, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour / AFP via Getty Images)

“There should be silent discussions with Turkey to alleviate rhetoric on the threats of Israel to destroy it, whether from the president or his son during gatherings,” said Edelman. “There must be a kind of effort to set off on Syrian airspace.”

Edelman also warned that the renewed sales of the F-35 in Turkey had to be accompanied by conditions: “If Turkey will really have the F-35, there must be very clear understanding on the place where they can use it.”

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Alan Makovsky, a member of the Jinsa Mediterranean Policy Project, said: “We can never assume that statements like this are only rhetoric,” adding “,” Erdogan has alluded to the past to be able to come suddenly one night, we have to take this seriously “.

Within Israel, officials closely watch the turkeys move to Syria. Avner Golov, vice-president of the Israel spirit, stressed that the current crisis reflects a deeper ideological threat.

“Iran is clearly the head of the radical camp, but Erdogan is trying to position itself as the second head and it is no less dangerous in terms of potential,” he said. “He does not use proxies in the same way as Iran. He intervenes directly, including inside Israel by Palestinian citizens and political activism.”

A Lightning II fighter airplane of the Israeli Air Force during an air show in Tel Aviv on April 26, 2023. (Jack Guez / AFP via Getty Images)

“Israel has diplomatic links with Turkey, but Erdogan continues to block significant security cooperation in NATO” added Golov. “Now that Turkey moves south in Syria, we [Israel] need to degenerate the rules of engagement. We cannot allow Turkey to create a long -range air defense umbrella at our border. “”

Golov said that the current administration must understand that Erdogan's ambitions go beyond Syria. “He wants to become a patronal state, control the sky and prevent Israeli operations by saying that Syrian sovereignty raped. But it is not a question of sovereignty, it is a question of being able and to shape the new Middle East in the Muslim colors of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

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During the recent demonstrations against the imprisonment of the mayor of Istanbul, Ciddi said: “We have seen a great challenge in Erdogan with these public demonstrations probably increasing the greatest since the demonstrations of Gezi 2013 imprisoning an opposition candidate before they are even executed is a clear sign of weakness. Erdogan does not care about international resistance or moving.