Turkey and Israel held their first technical meeting in Azerbaijan on Wednesday to discuss establishing a deconfliction mechanism aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, Turkish ministry sources said on Thursday. The sources said the talks marked the beginning of efforts to set up a channel to avoid potential clashes or misunderstandings between the two countries' operations in the region. "Efforts will continue to establish this mechanism," one of the sources said, without providing further details on the scope or timeline of the talks.