Israel targets Syrian airbases to warn Turkey against interference, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces protests at home and ramps up efforts to expand influence in Syria and region as a whole.

Israeli strikes in Syria over the past two days have created a new flash point in the Middle East as Israel increasingly appears to take aim at Turkish interests in Syria. Israel struck several targets on Wednesday night,

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, discussed Israeli strikes in Syria, the U.S. policy U-turn and sanctions, and a possible Ukraine-Russia peace deal in an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels on Friday. Here are some of his key comments: SYRIA, ISRAEL, UNITED STATES:

There are some notable parallels between Turkey’s purported planned deployment at T-4 and the Russian military’s September 2015 intervention in Syria during the civil war.

An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday targeted the vicinity of the scientific research building in the Syrian neighborhood Barzeh in the capital Damascus, Syrian state news agency (SANA) said. Israel spent years carrying out airstrikes on Syria during former President Bashar al-Assad's rule,

Turkey scoped out at least three air bases in Syria where it could deploy forces as part of a planned joint defence pact before Israel hit the sites with air strikes this week, four people familiar with the matter said.