Dan Senor

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Call Me Back - with Dan Senor · The Turkey-Israel Proxy War in Syria - with Nadav Eyal · 27 Aug 2026 podcast

Just explain that, and then I want you to talk about why does it appear to be coming to an end? voice-verified

I still remember working on Capitol Hill as a young foreign policy staffer in the Senate in the 1990s. voice-verified

And the Israeli government, when they'd come to Capitol Hill, were often lobbying on behalf of Turkey. voice-verified

In other words, Turkey was relying on Israel's presence in Washington, congressional relations, executive branch relations, to advance Turkey's strategic position in the region. voice-verified

That's how synced up Israel and Turkey were. voice-verified

For an ally. voice-verified

I would see like at his campaign rallies when he was Erdogan would speak in these almost Ottoman, he would invoke like these Ottoman themes that he was playing this role in the region. voice-verified

It was Israel as a foil, not just in its own right, but in the context of Erdogan leading the like resurgence of the Turkish Empire. voice-verified

So Nadav, as it relates to this quiet agreement, unwritten rules of engagement in Syria, what was that about specifically and why did that end? voice-verified

So let's talk about this conflict. voice-verified

On August eighteenth, Israel struck the Abu al-Duhar air base, as I mentioned in the introduction, which is in northwestern Syria, key point that Israel's now engaging in northern Syria where it had not generally been before. voice-verified

The Israelis are saying they had intelligence that Turkey was preparing to deploy radar and military personnel there. voice-verified

How does Erdogan read that strike? voice-verified

And then of course how does Netanyahu read Turkey's response? voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

So on our July ninth, twenty twenty-six episode. voice-verified

So we're just talking about a few weeks ago, you said, and I'm quoting here, the Golan Heights today is not a border between Israel and Syria. voice-verified

It's a border between Israel and Erdogan, the president of Turkey. voice-verified

So is what we just saw in Syria the opening shot of this proxy war that you were previewing? voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

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