Israel fears Turkey’s Syria ambitions and doubts Trump will stop them

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TEL AVIV — Senior Israeli security and political sources remain skeptical of Turkey's claims that it has no intention of establishing military bases in Syria or deploying sophisticated defense systems there.

Israel on Tuesday launched an attack on Syria's Abu al-Duhur Air Base in Idlib province in northern Syria, citing intelligence indicating Turkey's plans to expand its military presence there.  In response to the attack, senior Turkish officials —........

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