Turkey wants no confrontation with Israel in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Reuters on April 4 as the Israelis continued to strike military assets in the country.

“We don't want to see any confrontation with Israel in Syria because Syria belongs to Syrians,” the minister, who spoke to the news agency on the sidelines of a Nato summit in Brussels, said.

“Unfortunately Israel is taking out, one by one, all military capabilities that a new state can use,” he added.

If Damascus' al-Sharaa administration wants to have certain understandings with Israel, which like Turkey is a neighbour of Syria, then that is its own business, according to Fidan.

Israel has accused Turkey of wanting to turn Syria into a protectorate.

Will Turkey and Israel enter into battle?

In the coming period, "Will Turkey and Israel enter into battle?" headlines look set to proliferate. Last year, media circulated that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was declaring war against Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians. Then, at the end of the year, the Erdogan-backed jihadists who moved to form a new administration in Damascus after long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad fled, served up Syria to Israel on a silver platter.

During Turkey's Libya operation, the media discussed whether Nato allies Turkey and Greece would do battle.

Donald Trump has yet to make a bold move against Iran, but he occasionally hits Iran’s proxies in Yemen. In his current presidential term, a final move to 'solve Iran', Israel’s last remaining problem in the Middle East, is on the cards.

Iran is a few times bigger than Syria and Libya combined. The tension between Erdogan and Israel that will be staged in the media during the Iran operation looks set to be more than a few times bigger than the tension staged during the Syria operation.

A spoiled child always tests limits of his playing field

Lately, Erdogan attempted to take over a military airport in Syria, but Israel destroyed it, cratering the runway before Turkey could make any such move. There are claims that two Turkish engineers were among those killed in the bombing, but the Erdogan regime ignored the rumours.

An Erdogan critic might note that if a mother slaps the hand or face of her spoiled child who tries to put his finger in a birthday cake, it does not mean that the mother and her offspring are enemies.

Erdogan always tests the limits of his playing field.

In Syria, the Putin regime also occasionally bombed Turkish troops, killing dozens. The bombing occurred when Erdogan tried to capture territory that he was supposed to keep away from. The Russian strikes had no impact on Erdogan’s relations with Vladimir Putin.