The Prime Minister's Office said Wednesday that Israel and Syria have agreed to maintain the agreed security status quo, after Syria was on the verge of violating it by allowing Turkish forces at an airbase near Aleppo. Israel issued multiple warnings, and now welcomes the return to the status quo, according to the PMO statement.
The Prime Minister's Office announced in the early hours of Wednesday that Israel and Syria have agreed to preserve the security status quo, after Syrian plans to host Turkish military forces at an airbase near Aleppo. The statement noted repeated Israeli warnings and a Syrian decision to step back from the breach. The announcement follows the PMO's confirmation just over an hour earlier that Israel was behind a strike on the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib on Tuesday night, which also targeted Turkish entrenchment in Syria. As The Zioneer reported, that strike was described as preventing a similar status quo violation. The new statement indicates a diplomatic resolution for the Aleppo axis, though the wider issue of Turkish military presence in Syria remains open.
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