Regime change in Syria has forced two key American allies, Turkey and Israel, into a state of potential confrontation. While both have an interest in avoiding a clash, their respective imperatives threaten to undermine the interests of the other.
Iran, which has experienced a historic setback to its influence in the Levant, is undoubtedly working on exploiting Turkish-Israeli tensions to its benefit. Uniquely positioned as a close ally of both Ankara and Jerusalem, Azerbaijan can play a key role in helping the United States avoid a Turkey-Israel conflict.
Military and security officials from Israel and Turkey met April 9 in Azerbaijan to hold deconfliction discussions. The meeting in Baku took place two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump who in their joint press conference noted his close relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and told the Israeli prime minister, “Any problem that you have with Turkey, I think I can solve … as long as you’re reasonable, you have to be reasonable.”
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