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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that Ankara will not stay silent if Tel Aviv continues to sow chaos in the Middle East or tries to divide Syria
Türkiye views any attempts to divide Syria as a national security threat and would directly intervene if such an attempt were made, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a news conference with his El Salvadorian counterpart, Alexandra Hill, in the capital Ankara, Fidan said Israel was seeking to “drag the region to chaos to preserve its status” and that the unrest in Syria’s Druze-majority south was a “reflection of that.”
“As Türkiye, we could never stay silent against such a move,” Fidan said, stressing that clashes between Druze and the Bedouin factions could have only been prevented by the military intervention of Syria’s central government.
Israel is unwilling to see a stable country around itself and aims to divide Syria with the violent unrest in southern Suwayda province, Fidan added.
On July 13, clashes broke out between Bedouin Arab tribes and armed Druze groups in Suwayda in southern Syria. The situation worsened on July 16 when the Israeli military conducted strikes near the Syrian presidential palace and on the General Staff headquarters and Defense Ministry.
Ankara played a key role in establishing the cease-fire in Syria after Israeli airstrikes targeted the capital, Damascus, as well as Suwayda and Daraa, on the pretext of protecting the Druze community.
Fidan highlighted that the whole international community and regional actors strived for Syria not to become a state hosting terrorism or a state being the source of migration, while Israel sabotages all initiatives for stability and security in Syria.
Fidan said that Türkiye is one of the countries most negatively affected by the regional problems and terrorism in terms of security, and added, "But despite this, while we continue our struggle, we are trying to present stability and goodness as a larger strategic vision. All our relations with Iraq, Syria and Iran are developing in this way."
Besides Israel, Fidan also warned other groups within Syria not to stoke tensions.
“No group should attempt to divide. We have much to discuss through diplomacy,” he said.
Fidan underlined that Türkiye tries to end all conflicts and wars through diplomatic initiatives and is following the developments in Syria’s south closely.
In one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations, anti-regime forces seized the Syrian capital, Damascus, and longtime dictator Bashar Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule in December. Following the fall of the Assad regime and the installation of a new government in Syria, Türkiye pledged support for Damascus and rallied countries to follow suit. Ankara explained to its interlocutors the importance of lifting sanctions and rebuilding the country for refugees in the region, Europe and Türkiye to be able to return.
Türkiye also formed a counterterrorism platform that includes Syria's neighbors to fight Daesh and thus prevent any future uprising of the terrorist organization through intelligence sharing and joint action.
Turkiye’s Erdogan says Gazans must not die for ‘hunk of bread’
Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a frequent critic of Israel but his declaration came as Israel faced several demands from United Nations agencies and international capitals to protect civilian lives and to allow aid into Gaza. — AFP pic
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ISTANBUL, July 22 —Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today warned that it would be unacceptable for Palestinians to die from the want of a “hunk of bread or a mouthful of water”.
Erdogan’s warning, made during a speech in Istanbul, came amid a mounting chorus of international criticism of Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza, which has triggered a humanitarian crisis.
“No one endowed with a minimum of human dignity can accept this cruelty, in which dozens of innocent people die every day because they cannot find a hunk of bread or a mouthful of water,” he said.
Erdogan is a frequent critic of Israel but his declaration came as Israel faced several demands from United Nations agencies and international capitals to protect civilian lives and to allow aid into Gaza.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Israeli forces “must stop killing people” at food distribution points, and UN rights chief Volker Turk warned Israel that it was possibly violating international law.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli strikes had killed 15 people in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday, after the World Health Organization said that troops had invaded its staff residence. — AFP
UN agency says 6,000 lorries' worth of aid ready to enter Gaza and urges Israel to allow access
"Israel sends tanks into central Gaza's Deir al-Balah for first time"
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Palestinian mother holds her child, who has been losing weight due to malnutrition, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 24, 2025.
Summary
* A UN agency says it has 6,000 trucks' worth of aid waiting to enter Gaza as it warns "the hunger crisis in Gaza has never been so dire"
*I A doctor in Gaza says Palestinians are "not close to famine, we're living it", while an aid worker tells the BBC "hunger is everywhere"
* Israel says 150 food trucks were collected by the UN and other agencies inside Gaza on Wednesday, adding that another 800 are waiting collection
* This week, more than 100 international aid organisations warned of mass starvation in Gaza, blaming an Israeli "siege"
* The Hamas-run health ministry says another two people have died of malnutrition in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of such deaths since 7 October 2023 to 113
* BBC News and news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters warn that journalists in Gaza are at risk of starvation: "They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering"
VIDEO - Doctor working in Gaza says path to aid is a 'one-way ticket' to death
People linking up with buckets, bowls and containers.Image source, Reuters
"Hunger is everywhere you look," an aid worker in Gaza tells the BBC.
According to the Hamas-run health ministry, 113 people, including 81 children, have died of malnutrition since 7 October 2023.
In the few remaining food markets in Gaza, prices have skyrocketed - UK charity Christian Aid reports that a bag of flour now costs more than £400.
The charity's consultant in the territory says humanitarian aid provides the main source of food, but it is "very dangerous to try and access". The UN has said at least 1,054 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while seeking food since 27 May.
The chief of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa), Philippe Lazzarini, says the organisation has 6,000 trucks' worth of aid waiting in Egypt and Jordan to enter Gaza. He calls on Israel to allow "unrestricted and uninterrupted humanitarian assistance to Gaza".
Israel has said that 150 food trucks were collected by the UN and aid organisations in Gaza on Wednesday, it also says more than 800 await collection. Aid organisations blame an Israeli "siege" for the mass starvation in Gaza.
Earlier, BBC News and news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters warned that journalists in Gaza are at risk of starvation and urged Israel to allow journalists in and out of the region.
And, Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has recalled his team of negotiators in Doha. An Israel-Hamas ceasefire is still yet to materialise as the war continues.
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