Turkey’s growing involvement in Syria recently reached a flashpoint with Israel, following Israeli airstrikes in early April that targeted three Syrian airbases Turkey was reportedly looking to make use of.

Turkey has been holding technical talks with Israel for deconfliction in Syria when needed, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday.

Israel and Turkey have launched talks to avoid inadvertent clashes inside Syria as the regional rivals expand their influence and military presence inside the war-torn Arab state.