Syria Could Become a Turkish Protectorate
Haaretz by Zvi Bar'el 15 December 2024

Extracts:
  • Syria Could Become a Turkish Protectorate, Limiting Israel's Freedom of Action
With a strategic interest in turning Syria into an anti-Kurdish bulwark, Turkey is seeking to take the place of Russia and Iran – including control of Syria's airspace

  • HTS letters to UNSC
One day after Israel took control of "Syrian Mount Hermon" and areas around Quneitra, Syria's new government under Abu Mohammed al-Golani swiftly dispatched two letters to the United Nations Security Council and secretary-general, demanding,
1. Israel withdraw its forces from Syrian territory
2. and cease its attacks