Israel issues veiled threat to Turkey following airbase strikes in Syria

Israel issued a veiled threat against Turkey on Thursday, following Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, about 70km from the Turkish border. “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a social media post. Katz said Israel would not “allow any entity to threaten its security”. He added that Erdogan would be better off curbing his anti-Israel rhetoric rather than “attempting to test Israel’s resolve to defend itself”. Israel accused Syria of being on the verge of violating a security “status quo agreed with Israel” by allowing Turkish troops to deploy at the airbase. Both Turkish and Syrian officials rejected the allegation. Read more: Israel issues veiled threat to Turkey following airbase strikes in Syria