Israel Is Succeeding at Keeping Turkey Out of Syria
But it cannot risk war.
August 24, 2026
Israel Is Succeeding at Keeping Turkey Out of Syria
But it cannot risk war.
Last week, the IDF bombed a runway and some storage sheds at an out-of-use Syrian airbase. A minor diplomatic tempest ensued, as the U.S. ambassador to Ankara—who is also the special envoy to Syria—condemned the attack, while Benjamin Netanyahu publicly defended it as necessary to prevent hostile Turkish encroachment within the borders of one of Israel’s neighbors. Gregg Roman explains what is known about the strike, its strategic logic, and the dangers Jerusalem faces from incautious escalation with a former ally that belongs to NATO:
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