The Muddled Middle East: Israel, Turkey, and Syria's Proxy War The recent United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria's post Assad transition devolved into a heated debate between Israel and Turkey over military presence in Syrian territory.
This episode is the latest manifestation of a long standing proxy war that has engulfed the region, pitting these two nations against each other in a battle for influence.
Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ibrahim Olabi, was blunt about his country's concerns: "Israel penetrated our villages, displaced our people, bombed our facilities.