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Israeli attack on airbase could have sparked ‘military confrontation’ with Syria and Turkey, says US envoy

Tom Barrack insists the strikes on the Syrian site ‘carried a real risk of rapid escalation’

By Lianne Kolirin

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(Illustrative) A military helicopter flies above a Syrian flag during the Syria Summer Family Festival in Damascus on August 9, 2026 (Getty Images)

Abandoned buildings in Varosha, Famagusta, located within the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Photo: Getty Images)

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Western hypocrisy ignores Turkey’s occupation of northern Cyprus and Syria while condemning Israel

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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Turkish foreign minister threatens to take ‘radical action’ if Israel does not withdraw from Gaza

By Mark Wood

1 min read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoġan (R) shakes hands with US President Trump (L) at Etimesgut Air Base near Ankara on July 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Trump brushes off Israeli concerns over F-35 sales to Turkey

By Gabrielle Apfel

2 min read

On August 10, 2024, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (centre) received Abdul Salam and Hammam Haniyeh (on the left), the sons of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran. (Image: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey/Facebook)

By Ashley Perry

Why Jerusalem is increasingly wary of Erdoğan’s Turkey

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Azerbaijan’s chief rabbi criticises Israel’s recognition of Armenian Genocide

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

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Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’

Hakan Fidan accused the Israeli government of ‘openly committing massacres’ in Gaza and playing a ‘destabilising role everywhere’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

July 3, 2026 11:40

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart following their meeting in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Photo by SERGEI ILNITSKY / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Israel moves to recognise Armenian genocide in major policy reversal

‘It is never too late to do the right thing,’ said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 29, 2026 12:04

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II (Karekin II) leads a service at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on the Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan, on April 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Hamas financiers taken out in IDF strike in Gaza

Israel says a network with a Turkish connection funnelled more than £100 million to terrorists

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 21, 2026 12:47

Aftermath of IDF strike in Gaza in May which Israel said targeted Ezzedine Al-Haddad, chief of Hamas's armed wing (Photo: Getty Images)

At least two attackers dead in gun battle outside Israeli consulate in Turkey

No Israeli diplomats are currently stationed in the country, it is understood

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 7, 2026 12:16

Protesters set fire to the US and Israeli flags in front of the Israel Consulate in Istanbul in March (Photo: Getty Images)

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

Azerbaijan has also summoned the Iranian envoy in Baku after drone strikes on its territory injured two people

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

March 5, 2026 14:24

People stand next to missile debris after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, March 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

US holds ‘fruitful’ talks with Turkey about prospective F-35 sales

The negotiations are likely to cause alarm in Israel, given President Erdoğan’s open desire for the destruction of the Jewish state

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

December 10, 2025 10:31

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a display flight at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on November 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Turkish Jewish community welcomes new chief rabbi, David Sevi

Sevi has worked for decades to preserve the traditional customs of Turkey’s Jewish community

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 5, 2025 10:46

Chief Rabbi David Sevi is expected to remain in post until at least 2032 (Photo: YouTube)

Terrorist who killed British woman in bus bombing ‘living freely in Turkey’

Ishaq Taher Salah Arafah was released from an Israeli prison as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas

By Ben Conway

1 min read

November 25, 2025 11:59

By Robert Philpot

Labour’s hypocrisy: freezing trade with Israel while selling jets to Erdoğan’s Turkey

This government prefers to arm a state that jails opponents, crushes unions and shelters Hamas rather than stand with a democratic ally fighting genocidal terrorists

3 min read

October 28, 2025 11:24

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) after signing an $11 billion agreement for 20 Eurofighter jets, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on October 27, 2025. (Image: Getty)

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Turkey

Israeli attack on airbase could have sparked ‘military confrontation’ with Syria and Turkey, says US envoy

Western hypocrisy ignores Turkey’s occupation of northern Cyprus and Syria while condemning Israel

Turkish foreign minister threatens to take ‘radical action’ if Israel does not withdraw from Gaza

Trump brushes off Israeli concerns over F-35 sales to Turkey

Why Jerusalem is increasingly wary of Erdoğan’s Turkey

Azerbaijan’s chief rabbi criticises Israel’s recognition of Armenian Genocide

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

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