NEWSBITE 13.7.2026

(Daniel 10:20) “Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and when I am through with him, lo, the prince of Greece will come.”

It would seem that President Trump is now ‘buddies’ with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who were both seen shaking hands with smiles on their faces at the recent NATO Conference in Ankara Turkey between July 7-8 2026.

While President Trump is ‘wheeling and dealing’ among the world political leaders it would seem that even though the United States along with Israel are fighting the Iranian regime that America is now currying favour with Turkey.

President Trump knows that the man from Turkey is the immerging Middle-eastern strong man with Turkey having the second largest military force in NATO.  It has been suggested that the perception is that Turkey is holding NATO together.

It was interesting to note that in a photo of the delegates at the NATO Summit a few days ago in Ankara that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was standing at the centre in the front line. Possibly because Turkey was the host nation, however, he seems to hold some power in NATO.

Now the Arab political leaders on the Saudi Peninsula do not have a strong leader among them or capable of uniting them.  In the past the Assad regime in Syria had an alliance with the Iranian regime. Both of them were Shiite Muslims.

Iran provided extensive military support with various types of weaponry to the Assad regime throughout the Syrian civil war. Iranian forces, particularly from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), trained Syrian troops and pro-government militias. Iran deployed combat troops to Syria to directly support the Assad regime.

Iran’s Quds Force has supported and provided weapons, training, and other assistance to proxy groups across the Middle East, including terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq. This kind of support was part of Iran backing armed militant organizations in the region. Iran has supported Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.

Of course it is clear that the common enemy these Iranian backed militias and terrorist groups was the nation of Israel, the only democratic nation in the whole of the Middle-Eastern region where Jews, Christians and even Muslims have freedom to work side by side in Israel as many still do.

This of course is also changing with the problems now occurring between many Arabs and Jews in Judea and Samaria, the heartland of Israel.

However, we see things dramatically changing for the worst. Israel continues to resist the hostility of Hezbollah in Lebanon and still has Hamas operatives to deal with in Gaza.

Also the Israelis are watching Syria very closely as they see Turkey with ambitions to rule Syria and the man from Turkey establish his resurrected empire of his Turkish forebears, an empire that lasted for around 600 years.

It was the Turkish Ottoman Empire that brought an end to the Roman Empire. On the surface we see the ongoing war between Shiite with Sunni Muslims going back for centuries to the beginning of Islam.

However, Turkey is Sunni as is the current regime in Syria under the self-appointed president al-Jolani, a Sunni Muslim directly controlled by Turkey. Sunni Muslims make up approximately 85% to 90% of the global Muslim population.

While the man from Turkey clearly supports ant-Israel aggression he is playing the game of taqyyia with President Trump and with the leaders of NATO.

While somewhat seemingly sympathetic to the IRGC President Erdoğan has refrained from engaging in any military action against the regime. His main interest is to become the Middle-East ‘strong man’ and his fixed ambition to re-establish the caliphate, so the war in the Middle-East is an opportunity for him to sit back and strengthen Turkey’s military power in the region.

He also knows that while Israel and the United States are waging a war with Iran that he can wait behind the scenes and work towards becoming the main leader to unite the Muslim world against the Jews and to capture Jerusalem for Islam. He would love to get his hands on America’s F-35’s.

Now we see President Trump back-peddling on his unwillingness to sell the F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey because of their deal with the Russians where Turkey received the Russian S-400 Triumph (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler).

This mobile, long-range surface-to-air missile system developed by Russia’s Almaz-Antey was designed to intercept aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at ranges up to 400 km and altitudes up to 30 km.

If the deal goes ahead then Turkey will have the most powerful highly technical arsenal in the whole of the Middle-East. If the Iranian nuclear programme is gone the man from Turkey will not lose any sleep over that as it will only further his desire for the establishment of the Caliphate.

Of course Congress was not happy if this deal with Turkey over the F-35’s went down because they know that the man from Turkey is unpredictable even though a NATO ally.

Now it seems President Trump is willing to do his ‘deal’ selling the F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey, a system capable of taking out the F-35 Fighter Jets. The F-35 represents America’s most sophisticated combat aircraft, incorporating advanced stealth technology and classified software that remain among the Pentagon’s most closely guarded secrets.

As for Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu clearly knows the mindset of how Middle-Eastern leaders think. He is well aware of the Jihadist mindset to destroy Israel and the western democracies.

The litmus test for Donald Trump’s presidency will be revealed in how he reconciles this deal with Israel’s security. Prime Minister Netanyahu knows full well the ultimate ambition of the man from Turkey and that he fully intends to establish the caliphate and actually eradicate the Jews and take control of the Temple Mount for Islam.

Now turning to God’s Word in our text from Daniel Chapter 10 we see a future war occurring between Iran with Israel which is actually happening right now. The Principality of Persia is fighting and resisting the pre-existent Messiah and Michael the Archangel, Israel’s prince (Vss.1-12).

The battle is in the unseen spiritual realm where time as we know it down here on earth does not exist in that unseen spiritual realm.

That principality over Persia (Iran today) was around in the time of Daniel and hindering his prayers for Israel and seeking to stop the revelation concerning Israel in the end-times but he failed in his attempt to stop the answer to the prophet’s prayer (Vs.13-14).

The Messiah told Daniel that after He had gone forth to fight the Prince of Persia (Iran) that the principality of Greece would come. In that day Michael Israel’s Prince (Daniel 12:1) will be fighting for Israel.

Historically speaking the Persian Empire was defeated by the Greek Empire. All of the ancient empires from Egypt onwards were ruled over by principalities because these nations were deeply steeped in the occult. However, the emphasis of this prophecy is in the future out of time as we know it (Vs.14).

At present the LORD is using Israel and the United States to fight Iran in order to protect Israel and it looks like Iran will be the loser big time, however, somehow the IRGC regime will survive to join the invasion force that attacks Israel (Ezekiel 38:5a).

Now it is interesting to note that the Hebrew text mentions the one following the prince (principality) over Persia will be the prince (principality) over Greece. The word “Greece” is the word “Yavan” or “Ionia.” Alexander the Great had a western and eastern leg to his vast empire. Ionia was located in the Middle-Eastern leg of the empire.

Ionia was located in modern day Turkey! The Second principality is the one who is behind Turkey today. While Iran is on the decline Turkey is on the rise. The destruction of the Jews is undoubtedly on the agenda of the man from Turkey.

If Turkey continues to be the growing militarily and politically and becoming the leading power in the Middle-East then it is possible in our time we will see Turkey ultimately leading the Islamic nations along with others in their attack against Israel (Ezekiel 38:1-6).

The destiny of these armies is to fall in wholesale lots on the mountains of Israel when the Messiah our Lord Jesus descends to the Mount of Olives to rescue the remnant in Israel, to save all Israel, and to destroy all of the armies arrayed against the Jewish people (Ezekiel 38:19-39:1-8) (Joel 3:1-3, 12-16) (Zechariah 14:12-13).

When the dust of battle finally settles the last man standing will be the Messiah who will inaugurate His Messianic rule from Jerusalem. To this the prophets testify! (Isaiah 2:1-5) Selah. See “The Prince over Persia”