The Middle East is entering a new phase of strategic confrontation, with Syria returning to the center of geopolitical clashes.
Behind the rhetoric of “normalizing” relations between Damascus and Tel Aviv, a clear pattern emerges: Israel and its allies are preparing for the next major conflict in the region.
And Syria is the likely next target.
Zionist planning and IMEC
Israel’s aggressiveness is neither circumstantial nor merely the result of the government’s composition.
On the contrary, it is a structural feature of the Zionist enterprise, which is now linked to larger strategic projects, such as IMEC (India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor).
This project seeks to bypass China’s Silk Road by targeting its key connection points — among which is Syria, with the critical role that the reopening of the Hejaz Railway could play.
This explains the activity in southern Syria, where the involvement of Turkey, Hezbollah, and Iran is shaping a new war reality.
Syria is not being “normalized”; it is entering a new phase of territorial threat and division.
Mossad revelation
The former head of Mossad, Oded Aylam, recently stated that there is an “unprecedented” cooperation between Hamas and Turkey in southern Syria, especially in the Daraa area — near the Jordanian border.
This area, which in the past has been notable for Hamas activity, is once again becoming a hub of conflict and competition.
Despite internal differences, an informal cooperation triangle seems to be forming between Iran – Hamas – Turkey.
During the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, Hamas carried out bombings from Syrian territory, with silent tolerance from the Assad regime — a sign that old alliances remain active and could be reactivated.
Israel-Turkey bipolarity
Turkey is presented as part of the pro-Iranian front, yet it continues commercial transactions with Israel.
Why?
The answer lies in China’s strategy: isolating the US without open conflict.
Ankara, adopting this approach, tries to avoid direct confrontation with Washington while maintaining strategic “escape routes.”
Although rhetorically supporting Palestine, it does not cut economic ties with Israel, fearing reactions from American Republicans.
The trade-off? Concessions in other regional fronts, where Turkey seeks to fill the void left by the gradual US withdrawal.
In other words, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not playing only for Palestine or Islam; he is playing for Ankara’s geopolitical role in the post-American Middle East.
China, Turkey, and the hypocrisy of “anti-Zionism”
The Chinese method of confrontation — commercial cooperation with the Zionists to weaken American influence — is fully compatible with China’s geopolitical thinking.
However, Turkey is not China.
Despite its pro-Islamic facade, it operates with Western logic, albeit using Asian tactics.
This raises questions of legitimacy: can a state that defines itself as Muslim imitate China’s realpolitik while trading with the conqueror of Jerusalem?
The next front
The conflict in Syria between the two coalitions (Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, Turkey versus Israel, the US, and local allies) appears inevitable.
Preparations are in full swing, and the question is not whether the conflict will erupt, but when and in what form.
The confession of the former Al Qaeda leader in Syria that the capture of Damascus prevented a wider war is now irrelevant.
The dynamics of alliances and the accelerating collapse of the region’s stability indicate that this war has been postponed — but not avoided.
The formation of the new front and the end of illusions
The Middle East is entering a new era of multi-level conflicts, where the traditional West-East axis is replaced by a labyrinthine web of interests, hypocrisy, and redistribution of power.
• Syria is the next hotspot.
• Israel is not planning peace; it is planning the next war.
• Turkey pretends to resist while negotiating its positions with the powerful.
• China directs in the shadows, never burned by the fire others ignite.
And while the players move on the global chessboard, the Palestinian people and Syria pay the price of geopolitics.
Syria is not merely a geographic space – it is a hub of corridors, ideologies, and strategic interests.
Whoever controls the internal architecture of the country controls the interconnection of the Middle East – Asia – Mediterranean.
This makes the country a target for Zionist and American planning, while the persistence of destabilizing policies shows that the goal is not only “Israel’s security,” but also the prevention of any alternative regional integration — whether it involves Iran, China, or the Arab world.
Israel as a permanent source of destabilization
The Zionist regime cannot exist without tension, without threat, without war.
Its very political and ideological existence is tied to the doctrine of permanent aggressiveness.
Any peaceful rearrangement of the region that does not include Tel Aviv’s hegemony is considered a threat.
Therefore, peace in Syria — or any other front in the region — constitutes a strategic loss for Israel.
Erdogan’s Turkey is in a strategic deadlock.
On one hand, the pro-Palestinian rhetoric of the ruling AKP party and the desire to elevate Turkey as a “leading power in the Muslim world” push it toward confrontation with Israel and its American allies.
On the other, the reality of the Turkish economy, the need for foreign capital, technology, exports, and geopolitical tolerance from Washington restrain it.
This double game is characteristic of modern Turkish politics: it indirectly supports Hamas and Iran, while simultaneously continuing trade with Israel and “negotiating” its hostility in exchange for privileges.
However, this policy cannot continue indefinitely: conflicts of interest will sooner or later bring a rupture, either internally (within the Turkish political system) or externally (in regional balances).
China, although absent from the military field, is omnipresent through economy and strategic patience.
It uses the tools of trade, technology, and investment to gradually isolate the United States from the region without ever provoking direct conflict.
For Beijing, Erdogan is simply useful.
The cooperation with Israel, however contradictory it may seem, is another means of applying pressure on American hegemony.
Europe out of the game, the Arab world paralyzed
Meanwhile, Europe is absent from developments — trapped in political instability, economic deficits, and strategic nonexistence.
The Arab world, on the other hand, has either capitulated (with the Abraham Accords) or fragmented due to civil conflicts.
Regional rearrangement occurs without the Arabs and without the Europeans — with axes being Ankara, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Beijing, and, of course, Washington.
The Middle East is entering a new multipolar reality, without clear winners.
Old alliances are dissolving.
Syria once again becomes an experimental field of ideological, strategic, and global interest conflict.
Turkey, divided between the Islamic role and geopolitical pragmatism, is an unstable variable.
China plays the long-term game.
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