Apr 4, 2025
A Turkish drone penetrating Israeli airspace is no longer imaginary – by 2025, it has become a realistic threat. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented statement on March 30, openly calling for Allah to bring “destruction upon Zionist Israel,” underscores that a direct military clash is inevitable. Turkey is already deeply entrenched near Israel’s borders, unlikely to leave voluntarily.
Following the Turkish-backed December 2024 coup in Damascus, Ankara has become Syria’s principal powerbroker, directly or indirectly controlling around 8,000 sq.km. from Idlib to Ras al-Ayn, dangerously close to Israeli territory.
This Islamist-oriented Syrian government, now openly allied with Ankara, is actively negotiating a formal defense pact to host Turkish troops and advanced air-defense systems permanently on Syrian soil, a move that would fundamentally alter the strategic balance.
Reports confirm that Turkey is already preparing air bases in northern Syria capable of launching drone operations, which could threaten Israeli airspace directly and severely constrain Israel’s operational freedom.
Israel’s strategic community, as indicated clearly in the Nagel Committee’s report released in January 2025, has identified Turkey’s deepening military entrenchment in Syria as potentially “even more dangerous than the Iranian threat.” READ MORE
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SOURCE: Jerusalem Post