Netanyahu: Israel sent ‘clear warning’ to Ankara, Damascus over Turkish military presence in Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel had sent Turkey a warning against establishing a military base in Syria, implicitly acknowledging that Israel carried out a strike the previous day.

In an interview on an army radio podcast, Netanyahu said: “We will not allow a Turkish military deployment that extends southwards, because it poses a threat to us.” He said Israel had initially sent a message in “general terms” opposing a Turkish military presence at the Abu al-Duhur airbase near Aleppo, not far from the Turkish border.

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