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Israeli and Turkish warplanes skirmished over Syria this past weekend. 

Israel, in northern Syria, has been bombing militias affiliated with the government of Turkey. According to Turkish media sources, Ankara’s F-16s sent "warning messages" to the Israeli planes. 

Israel denied the reports of the aerial confrontation.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, said that the "Israeli attacks compromise the balance in the region since the fall of the Syrian regime." Bashar al-Assad fled Syria to Russia as his totalitarian government fell in early December. He has since been granted asylum there.   

IN WARNING TO TURKEY, ISRAEL HITS STRATEGIC TARGETS IN SYRIA AMID RISING TENSIONS

The recent aerial confrontation could spark a wider war and put an end to attempts by the former militant and Syria’s current president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to reestablish stability and move his country closer to the United States. 

Disruptive actors want to take over Damascus. Erdogan, for instance, helped bring down Assad and now hopes to pull Syria into his orbit. China, which supported the horrific Assad regime until the end, is now trying to influence the new government in Damascus so it can eventually dominate that country.

 Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)

Sharaa is resisting Beijing’s attempts. "Syria is now led by a true reformer," Jonathan Bass, who had extensive discussions with........

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