By Samia Nakhoul BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Turkey wants no confrontation with Israel in Syria, but repeated Israeli strikes on military facilities there are eroding the new government's ability to deter threats from enemies,

Syrian security should be decided by the Syrians,” Fidan said, including whether Damascus wants to reach understandings with the Israelis.

Omer Ozkizilcik, a non-resident fellow for the Syria Project in the Atlantic Council, told MEE that Israel's prime aim in Syria was to have a "weak Damascus".