Anti-Western sentiment

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has called terrorism a “crime against humanity” that does not have a place in Islam.   

“We believe that terrorism is a crime against humanity and our religion,” Arınç said Dec. 24 during an official visit to Kuwait, during which he met with Kuwait’s Minister of Religious Endowment & Islamic Affairs Yaqoob al-San’a.

Israel said Dec. 8 it will not allow "sophisticated weapons" to fall into the hands of its enemies, after furious claims from Syria that Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes near Damascus.
      
Israel refused to confirm or deny the strikes, but its forces have previously targeted weapons allegedly destined for arch-foe Lebanon's Hezbollah.