Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that "Israel uses Druze as an excuse for its 'plunder' in Syria." Erdogan added that "Israel is a terrorist state. I believe that Syrian President al-Sharaa is strong enough to overcome this." According to him, "Turkey will insist that the territorial integrity of Syria and its multicultural structure remain as they are. We see attempts to sabotage the ceasefire we reached in Damascus, which proves that Israel does not want peace with Syria."

