“If you are not here, you can’t imagine the tragedy,” says Israeli diplomat in charge of Turkey rescue mission
Rescue teams continue to work against time, including an IDF delegation that extracted 17 Turkish civilians from the rubble
As death toll in Monday's earthquake exceeds 5,000, Syrian pro-Assad media denies regime requested aid from Israel
Prospects of normalization between Turkey and Syria is causing much alarm among the more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey
Many Syrian refugees in Turkey fear that a return to Syria could mean imprisonment, torture and death
Israel began conducting airstrikes in Syria in 2011, but the Israeli Defense Forces only rarely publicly acknowledges the existence of the campaign
Putin may be hoping to create an anti-American and anti-Western alliance consisting of Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria
Jerusalem rarely comments on air attacks but it is known to have attacked the airport in the past, to stop arms shipments to Syrian proxies
