Israeli media has claimed that Turkey was prepared to provide Iran with aerial military support if Kurdish militias had invaded the country during the Israeli-US war on Iran earlier this year. According to a report published on Sunday by Israeli public broadcaster Kan 11, Ankara warned it would act to prevent a Kurdish incursion into Iran, derailing an Israeli-US plan drawn up months before the war began in February. Israeli sources told Kan 11 that Turkey came close to intervening in the conflict, with the option of providing Iran with aerial defence against Israeli and US air strikes under discussion. Speaking earlier this month at the Nato summit hosted by Erdogan in Ankara, Trump said Turkey "could have gotten into the fight", referring to the war with Iran. Read More »Last month, Israel's i24News reported that Turkey thwarted the Israeli-US-backed Kurdish invasion of Iran, adding that Ankara's intervention derailed months of planning by the Mossad and the CIA.