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Netanyahu: Syria was on verge of deploying Turkish troops—Israel warned against it

Netanyahu: Syria was on verge of deploying Turkish troops—Israel warned against it

Aug. 19, 2026 / JNS) Syria was on the verge of breaching the status quo in security matters by permitting the deployment of Turkish troops at an airbase near Aleppo, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday night.

Overnight Monday, the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in Idlib in northwestern Syria reportedly came under attack. Syrian authorities accused Israel of carrying out the offensive.

“Israel repeatedly warned Syria that such a deployment would pose a threat to Israel’s security. Syria chose to ignore these warnings,” the PMO continued, apparently referencing the strikes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Syria, Turkey

Turkish F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets: A Grave Threat to Greece, Israel, the West

Turkish F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets: A Grave Threat to Greece, Israel, the West

Much has been written about the dangerous anti-Israel animosity spewing from Turkey’s autocratic prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his circle of ministers (see here, here and here).

On July 3, immediately prior to the important NATO summit in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made Turkey’s view even more apparent when he said that Israel is a “burden that humanity can no longer bear”. In Hitleresque fashion, he clearly implied that Israel and its population should no longer exist — meaning eliminated.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTurkey

Erdogan’s Turkey: The NATO Member That Sponsors Terrorism

Erdogan’s Turkey: The NATO Member That Sponsors Terrorism

For years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been playing a sleazy double game: presenting himself to the West as a regional mediator and responsible NATO ally while simultaneously transforming Turkey into a sanctuary for Hamas terrorists outside the Gaza Strip.

New revelations emerging from Israeli security investigations have shattered any illusion that Turkey’s relationship with Hamas is limited to “political support” or “diplomatic engagement.” The evidence increasingly points to a situation far more alarming: Turkey has become a primary operational, logistical, and financial hub for Hamas’s global terror infrastructure.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNATO, Turkey

Nine killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days

Nine killed in second Turkish school shooting in two days

At least eight students and one teacher have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at a school in southern Turkey, Interior Minister Mustafa Cifci has said.

The incident happened at Ayser Calik Secondary School in the Kahramanmaras area, where Cifci said 13 people were also wounded, leaving six in critical condition.

Twitter/X – Kahramanmaraş

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Shooting", Turkey, WTF?

Selling F-35s to Turkey Guarantees a New War against Israel

US President Donald Trump may believe that selling F-35 stealth warplanes to Turkey will help the country forge closer ties with the US at the expense of Russia. The reality, though, is that by providing such sophisticated fighter jets to a country that supports Hamas terrorists — and whose president recently said that “Israel will have no choice but to kneel in front of Turkey” — Trump is merely stoking the flames of a future war aimed at destroying Israel.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTurkey

Turkey Is Thwarting Trump’s Attempts to Disarm Hamas, Achieve Peace in the Middle East

Attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to play a key role in plans to form an “international security force” for Gaza pose a serious threat to US President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to disarm Hamas terrorists and augur poorly for his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.

A key requirement of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the Gaza conflict is for Hamas to disarm and end its malign control of the Gaza Strip. Only then will negotiations begin on finding a lasting ceasefire agreement and rebuilding the enclave for an enduring peace after two years of brutal conflict.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTurkey

Network of Turkish smugglers transporting migrants into Quebec, RCMP says

A network of Turkish smugglers has been operating to bring mostly Haitian asylum seekers into Quebec in recent months, police believe.

“For the last five or six months, we’ve had crossings in which Turkish individuals were intercepted or arrested at the border,” RCMP Cpl. Hugo Lavoie told The Gazette Wednesday.

“Why Turkish people? We don’t know.”

Turks and Haitians? More and more I believe Canada is done for and 5th Columnists deserve significant credit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Human Trafficking, Turkey

Turkey arrests journalists over alleged cartoon of Prophet Muhammad

Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad – a sacred religious figure whose depiction is a deeply contentious issue in Islam.

Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned LeMan magazine’s drawing as “shameless”, announcing that its editor-in-chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had been detained.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Turkey, WTF?

Turkey: Sweeping Arrests, Torture, Censorship

On March 19, just days before the March 23 primaries of Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — the CHP’s leading candidate who was thought by many possibly to win the next presidential election against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — was arrested on contested charges of “corruption and terrorism.”

A day earlier, on March 18, Imamoglu’s university degree was revoked, “citing ‘nullity’ and ‘clear error’ as grounds for cancellation… The decision affects Imamoglu and 27 other individuals whose academic credentials have now been invalidated….” according to Turkiye Today.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTurkey

Turkey Unleashes Jihadist Terror on Syria

Turkey is unleashing another gruesome jihad in Syria.

On November 27, jihadist terror groups — led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Organization for the Liberation of the Levant; HTS) — launched a coordinated attack on Aleppo Governorate in northwestern Syria, cut off the main highway from Damascus to Aleppo, captured and killed dozens of Syrian Army soldiers, promised mass executions and beheadings “in front of TV cameras,” and seized control of a military base and several villages.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSyria, Turkey

Terror attack blamed as four killed and 14 wounded at Turkish aerospace firm

Turkey’s interior minister has blamed a “terrorist attack” for an explosion and assault at the headquarters of the national aerospace company, Tusaş, outside Ankara that has killed four people and wounded 14 others.

The large blast happened outside the building at 4pm on Wednesday, and there were reports that gunfire was also heard in the vicinity.

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said: “We have four martyrs. We have 14 wounded. I condemn this heinous terrorist attack and wish mercy on our martyrs.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inKurds and Kurdistan, Turkey

Turkey detains 15 members of anti-American youth group for assaulting 2 U.S. servicemen

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities on Monday detained 15 members of an anti-American youth organization who physically assaulted two U.S. military personnel in the city of Izmir, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

The agency said members of the Turkish Youth Union, which is affiliated with the Patriotic Party — a small, nationalist political party without parliament seats — were detained on the orders of a prosecutor.

The group posted a video of the incident on social media platform X and said they placed sacks over the heads of soldiers who had disembarked from the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTurkey, Turkey - no ally to the West, USA

Isis claims responsibility for church killing in Istanbul

Islamic State was behind the lethal attack on a church in Istanbul on Sunday, Ali Yerlikaya, Turkey’s interior minister has said.

Two masked gunmen burst into Santa Maria Italian church during mass, killing Tuncer Cihan, a 52-year-old man. Afsin Hatipoglu, the church’s lawyer, told journalists that the attackers had held the door open for Cihan, a Muslim, who had arrived as prayers were already under way. Seconds later, they entered and killed him.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Turkey