Israeli Channel 12 said, “Turkish officials sent letters to Tel Aviv, requesting the establishment of a coordination mechanism with the Israeli army similar to the mechanism that was between Russia and Israel in Syria.”
She added, “Ankara’s request falls within the framework of Türkiye’s entry into Syria.”
In this context, the Lebanese newspaper “Al-Akhbar” said, “Syria is drawing Türkiye’s attention from renovating the Umayyad Mosque to establishing military bases.”
According to the Lebanese newspaper, “Turkey aims to establish a transport and trade corridor through Syria and control the country’s infrastructure, but the most ambitious project is the creation of a new Syrian army of 300,000 soldiers with full Turkish support.”
According to sources for the newspaper, “The plan includes establishing 5 military camps in different regions of Syria, the initial nucleus consisting of 50,000 soldiers from the “Syrian National Army” loyal to Turkey, and 50,000 fighters from “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.”
According to a report published by the Turkish newspaper “Hurriyet”, “Syria is witnessing an accelerated reconstruction process in light of the increasing Turkish influence.” The newspaper said: “The pace of return to normal life in Syria is faster than expected, as the new government was quickly formed and a series of officials were appointed.” “The main ones.”
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz stressed “the strategic importance of Syria as a transport and trade corridor,” saying: “Syria will be integrated into Turkey’s logistical corridors, including the planned development corridor with Iraq and the planned corridor between Turkey and Azerbaijan via Armenia.”
According to the Yeni Safak newspaper, “Turkey also plans to establish military bases in Damascus and Homs, in addition to naval bases in Tartous and Latakia. Moreover, the possibility of establishing a base in Lebanon is being studied within a Turkish strategic concept that sees “Syria and Lebanon as part of a military and economic basin.” “One is under Turkish influence.”
In addition, a Turkish mayor offered to “renew the carpets of the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital, Damascus, two weeks after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.”
Fatma Şahin, the mayor of Gaziantep Province, located in southeastern Turkey, said in a tweet on the “X” platform: “We, as the Greater Gaziantep Municipality and the Southeastern Anatolia Carpet Exporters Association, are honored and happy to renew the carpets of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.”
The tweet by the mayor of the border state with Syria came in response to a video clip from the Umayyad Mosque, broadcast by Turkish researcher Abdul Qadir Şen, in which he appealed to the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs or the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to contribute to renewing the old carpets of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
Earlier, Ankara spoke about “the signing of an exclusive maritime agreement between Turkey and Syria, a step that sparked protest from Greek Cyprus and the European Union, and according to the Turkish press, this agreement is expected to change the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean in favor of Türkiye.”
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