Turkiye Seeks To Install Radars In Syria To ‘limit’ Israel: Report – The Cradle
Turkiye Seeks To Install Radars In Syria To ‘limit’ Israel: Report
Israel has complete freedom of action over Syrian airspace, including to attack Iran
Turkiye has attempted to deploy radars on Syrian territory in recent weeks, the Jerusalem Post reported on 25 December, citing two western intelligence sources.
The Israeli newspaper wrote that deploying radars would allow Turkiye to detect Israeli warplanes flying over Syrian territory. This would reduce Israel’s freedom to bomb targets in Syria. It would also make it more difficult for Israel to bomb targets in Iran, which typically requires Israeli planes to pass through Syrian airspace.
Before the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government, Russia prevented the Syrian military from using the S-300 missile defense system to protect its military sites and soldiers from Israeli strikes.
Syria instead was forced to rely on other, less effective air defense systems, such as the S-200, Buk-M2, and Pantsir-S1.
However, once Assad was deposed by self-appointed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in December 2024, Israel was able to bomb Syria without fear of any missile defense response.
Israel’s air force dramatically escalated its attacks, carrying out hundreds of bombing raids to destroy virtually all that remained of Syrian military equipment, advanced weapons, and infrastructure.
Israel also moved to occupy new Syrian territory in the Golan Heights and Quneitra, including the strategic Mount Hermon.
On 2 April, Israeli warplanes bombed Syria’s T4 air base in Palmyra in the eastern Homs desert.
Israel claimed it wished to prevent Turkiye from establishing an air base to station warplanes and drones at the base.
Turkish plans for T4 reportedly included converting the base into a drone hub and temporarily deploying Russian-made S-400 systems capable of countering Israel’s advanced F-35 fighter jets.
“If a Turkish air base is established, it would entail a violation of Israel’s freedom of action in Syria. This is a potential threat that we oppose. We struck the bases to send a message that we will not allow any impairment of our aerial freedom of action,” an Israeli security official stated at the time.
On 21 December, Israeli officials denied reports of a plan to establish a formal joint military force with Greece and Cyprus to counter Turkiye. However, the officials confirmed that the Israeli army has been instructed to begin preliminary planning as part of expanded security coordination among the three countries.
Israeli sources described the effort as building a strategic security “wall” aimed at deterring Turkiye.
Despite expressing hostility toward one another in public, Israel and Turkiye continue to maintain close trade and security relations.
In 2011, Tel Aviv and Ankara worked closely together to topple Assad’s government using Al-Qaeda affiliated groups as proxies.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle
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11/23 — The new Russia–Syria deal bypasses Turkiye and shatters Israel’s myth of “security” in southern Syria.
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