Turkey allowing Hamas, PIJ to take up military positions in Syria - sources

This comes after Turkey confirmed it was in talks with Israel over both countries' presence in Syria, aimed at preventing clashes and possibly coordinating, similar to how Israel operated with Russia

Matthias Inbar
Matthias Inbar ■ Defense Correspondent, i24NEWS ■ 
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Syrian fighters, affiliated with the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham Islamist group, take position near the village of Tal Jijan, north of the opposition-held city of al-Bab, on the border with Turkey, in Syria's northern Aleppo province.
Syrian fighters, affiliated with the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham Islamist group, take position near the village of Tal Jijan, north of the opposition-held city of al-Bab, on the border with Turkey, in Syria's northern Aleppo province.Bakr ALKASEM / AFP

Turkey is allowing Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to take up military positions in Syria, although it is not arming them, Arab and Western sources told i24NEWS on Monday.

Israel is aware of the deployment, the sources said.

This comes after Turkey confirmed it was in talks with Israel over both countries' presence in Syria, aimed at preventing clashes and possibly coordinating, similar to how Israel operated vis-a-vis Russia for years.

The T4 base and Palmyra, which Turkey has sought to control, have been the sites of Israeli airstrikes aimed at destroying weapons and munitions previously belonging to the Assad regime.

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