Turkey seeking to deploy radars in Syria to dismay of Israel: Reports
Turkey has reportedly been trying to install radar systems on Syrian soil in recent weeks, much to the dismay of the Israeli regime.
Citing two Western intelligence sources, Israeli media reported on Thursday that deploying radars in Syria would allow Turkey to detect Israeli warplanes violating Syrian airspace and hamper their ability to bomb the Arab country.
The deployment would also make it more difficult for Tel Aviv to illegally target other regional countries such as Iraq and Iran, according to the reports.
One of the sources said Turkey is planning to transfer the radars to the Syrian military.
Turkish personnel, he added, would remain responsible for operating the systems, enabling them to have access to and control over the intelligence gathered.
After the collapse of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024, Israel has expanded its occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights, launched aerial assaults across the country, and waged ground incursions there.
Among the targets of Israeli strikes were Syrian military facilities, including Tiyas airbase, also known as T-4, in Homs Province.
Israel reportedly conducted the air raids out of concern that Turkey would establish permanent bases at the Syrian military installations.
At that time, an Israeli security official said the possibility of Turkey establishing a military base in Syria represents a "potential threat” to the occupying regime.
"If a Turkish air base is established, it would entail a violation of Israel's freedom of action in Syria,” he added.
Relations between Israel and Turkey soured during Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasting Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians in the besieged territory.
Earlier this month, Erdogan described Israel as the “primary obstacle” to a stable Syria, saying the regime is seeking the Arab country’s “fragmentation”.
In a thinly veiled reference to Turkey, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “those who fantasize they can reestablish their empires” should “forget it.”
Erdogan hit back at Netanyahu, saying those responsible for the blood of more than 70,000 Palestinians “have no moral standing in our eyes; their provocations are nothing more than empty noise.”
“Whether in the Eastern Mediterranean or anywhere else, we do not take what is not lawfully ours, and we do not allow our rights to be taken,” the Turkish president emphasized.
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