[UPDATE-Dec 18, 2024- Israel] Lebanon-Iran-Syria War, Hezbollah, Gaza and Hamas: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

‘The Game Has Changed’: Turkish Buildup on Syrian Border Sparks Israeli Concerns Turkey has been moving swiftly to expand its influence over Syria, with Israel being concerned by reports on Tuesday that the Turkish military is poised to launch a large-scale invasion. “The game has changed,” Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Moshe Dayan Center told The Press Service of Israel. “If in the past we focused on Iran’s influence in Syria, today it’s clear that Turkey has entered the vacuum left by Assad’s regime.” Yanarocak argues that Israel has yet to fully recognize the ramifications…