Israel advances to protect its borders with Syria, and Trump calls Turkey a "key player in shaping the post-Assad political landscape."

The Turkish foreign ministry has strongly condemned Israeli military action in Syria, including the IDF’s advance into the buffer zone between Israel and Syria. “Israel is once again displaying its occupation mentality,

While Turkey backs the HTS regime, Israel is destroying its military capacity and claiming territory – fuelling fears of fragmentation.

"Israel is trying to impose itself on a sovereign country without any justification... this is unacceptable," said the Turkish Foreign Minister

More than 25,000 Syrians have left Turkey for Syria in the past two weeks, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told the state news agency Anadolu on Tuesday. Turkey has taken in more refugees from war-torn Syria than any other country.