Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 19, 2023. (Credit: AFP)
The handshake did not go unnoticed. On Dec. 19, the Turkish and Iranian presidents greeted each other warmly at a summit in Cairo, just ten days after the flight to Moscow of Bashar al-Assad, a thorn in the side for Turkey and ally of Iran. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, supporter of the rebels who led the overthrow of the Syrian president, is now a key player in shaping his neighbor’s future, while another neighbouring country keeps a watchful eye.As soon as the Assad regime fell, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone of the Golan Heights, even making an incursion into Syrian territory, and launched hundreds of strikes against the country's military infrastructure, with the stated aim of preventing heavy equipment and chemical weapons from falling into the hands of “terrorists.” Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main group within the...
The handshake did not go unnoticed. On Dec. 19, the Turkish and Iranian presidents greeted each other warmly at a summit in Cairo, just ten days after the flight to Moscow of Bashar al-Assad, a thorn in the side for Turkey and ally of Iran. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, supporter of the rebels who led the overthrow of the Syrian president, is now a key player in shaping his neighbor’s future, while another neighbouring country keeps a watchful eye.As soon as the Assad regime fell, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone of the Golan Heights, even making an incursion into Syrian territory, and launched hundreds of strikes against the country's military infrastructure, with the stated aim of preventing heavy equipment and chemical weapons from falling into the hands of “terrorists.” Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main group within...