(April 5, 2025 / JNS) Turkey is not interested in an armed conflict with the Jewish state in Syria, the Anatolian nation’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Reuters on Friday.

However, he stressed that Israel’s repeated strikes in the Arab country are harming the efforts of the government of Ahmed al-Sharaa—leader of the Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS)—to counter threats from hostile elements such as the Islamic State.

The minister added that Jerusalem’s actions were “fueling regional instability.