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Türkiye has been allegedly attempting to deploy radars on Syrian territory in recent weeks, which would "significantly restrict Israeli Air Force operations over Syria and complicate strikes on Iran," according to the report by the Israeli media outlet The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, citing two Western intelligence sources.
"Deploying radars in Syrian territory would significantly restrict the Israeli Air Force's freedom of action in Syrian airspace, as was in recent strikes, as Turkish radars could detect Israeli aircraft activity over the country," the report claimed.
"It will also make it harder for Israel's ability to strike targets in Iran, due to the fact that Israel is using Syrian airspace to reach Iran," the Israeli media report added.
The report comes amid rising tensions between Israel and Türkiye over Ankara's role in post-Assad Syria.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Dec. 29, it's highly expected and also reported that Netanyahu will be discussing topics related to Türkiye, F-35 sales to Ankara, Gaza stabilization force and Syria, also Iran, with experts underlining 'Netanyahu might be running a disinformation campaing' through media just before his meeting with Trump to undermine Ankara's standing in Washington.
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The Jerusalem Post claimed that shortly after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime last year, Israel struck military bases in Syria, including Syrian Air Force bases such as T-4, "out of concern that Türkiye would establish permanent bases there and station drones."
A security official speaking to the Israeli media outlet claimed that "at the time, the possibility of Türkiye establishing a military base in Syria represents a potential threat."
"If a Turkish air base is established, it would entail a violation of Israel's freedom of action in Syria," the official reportedly said, adding, "This is a potential threat that we oppose. We struck the bases to send a message that we will not allow any impairment of our aerial freedom of action."
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