According to Israel’s Channel N12, citing the Turkish opposition outlet Sozcu, Turkish F-16s conducted reconnaissance flights in the same area where Israeli jets were operating and issued “warning messages” via electronic warfare systems, al-Modon writes. Conflicting media reports indicate that Israeli and Turkish fighter jets narrowly avoided a direct confrontation …

The United Arab Emirates has discreetly established a backchannel to facilitate indirect talks between Syria and Israel, according to well-informed sources cited by Reuters. The initiative reportedly began just days after Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Abu Dhabi on April 13, reflecting a growing Emirati role in shaping regional …

Since its creation on the ruins of historic Palestine, Israel has loomed large in the Syrian national consciousness—not merely as a military adversary, but as an existential threat. Born of dispossession and expansion, it is still viewed by many Syrians as a usurper of part of “Greater Syria”—a historical identity …