Hakan Fidan

Turkey turns to Iran to help curb Houthi escalation against Saudi Arabia while expanding military cooperation with Riyadh under a tripartite defense pact.

Tensions between Turkey and Azerbaijan escalated after an Azerbaijani media report accused Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan of involvement in a covert destabilization plot.

A shouting match erupted at a closed Peace Council meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Israeli representative Michael Eisenberg, before being halted by Jared Kushner.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with UAE leaders in Abu Dhabi following the UN General Assembly, shortly after a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Turkey and Syria's foreign ministers harshly criticized Israeli policy in Syria during a joint press conference, accusing Jerusalem of fueling regional instability and hindering Damascus.

Ankara seeks to include Egypt in a new defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, but Cairo is leveraging this rapprochement to promote investments, a Turkish industrial zone in the Suez Canal, and an increase in bilateral trade to $15 billion.

A jihadist organization claims it launched a rocket and a suicide drone at IDF forces in the southern Golan Heights; the IDF did not identify any launches but is investigating the report. Simultaneously, there were reports in Syria of Israeli activity in the Quneitra area.

The Turkish Foreign Minister accused Israel of an "occupying mentality" and called on the international community to pressure it to stop its activities in Syria. Gideon Sa'ar replied that Turkey itself violates Syria's sovereignty and clarified: "It will not happen."