In 2012, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote: “Turkey has also been allied with Iran, but it too is going to side with Germany in the future! Why? Because it disagrees with what Iran is doing in Syria! While Iran supports the Assad regime, Turkey supports the rebels.”

This was exactly what happened this month: Turkey broke its alliance with Iran over Syria—just after it allied with Germany.

Turkey Breaks With Iran

On December 8, rebels supported by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan overthrew Bashar Assad’s regime, which was allied with Iran.

“Idlib, Hama, Homs and, of course, the ultimate target is Damascus,” Erdoğan said on December 6. “The opposition’s march continues. Our hope is that this march in Syria proceeds without any accidents or troubles.”

The next day, Erdoğan stated that “there is now a new reality in Syria, politically and diplomatically. And Syria belongs to Syrians with all its ethnic, sectarian and religious elements.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was forced to acknowledge Turkey’s role on December 11: “Yes, a neighboring government of Syria plays, played, and is playing a clear role … but the main conspirator, mastermind and command center are in America and the Zionist regime.”

While Iran may try to downplay Turkey’s part, time will tell how devastating this betrayal has been for Iran. On December 12, Deutsche Welle wrote:

Iran and Turkey, who for years have maintained a delicate geopolitical balance, are now faced with competing interests in a post-Assad Syria.

Despite years of collaboration—particularly on Turkey’s economic support to circumvent international sanctions on Iran—relations between Iran and Turkey appear to be fraying. …

For Iran, the Assad regime was a critical strategic ally in the Middle East, and as Turkey is poised to gain influence, Iran’s ability to project power in the region has been steadily diminishing.

Foreign Policy wrote on December 10:

In time, Turkey’s gains in Syria could also extend the former’s influence into Lebanon and Iraq, especially as Iran’s position in these two countries weakens with the loss of Syria. This reality changes the regional balance of power in important ways. For one, it is a massive setback for Iran. But equally—if not more importantly—Turkish gains have implications for other regional actors. All of them will likely calibrate their policies in reaction to the new reality.

Turkey Revives Relations With Germany

Turkey’s alliance with Iran is breaking, but Mr. Flurry noted Turkey would also “side with Germany.” This too has happened in the last few months. German public broadcaster zdf reported on October 19: “Germany and Turkey want to cooperate more closely again after years of restraint in the arms sector.”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, on October 19 to visit President Erdoğan. After a break of almost nine years, Scholz and Erdoğan announced the revival of German-Turkish government consultations. He noted:

Bilateral relations, we have both said here, are developing very well and they will also be further expanded. We have also discussed, for example, continuing the format of intergovernmental consultations, which we started a long time ago and which has now been on hold for some time. That is perhaps a visible sign. We have many bilateral structures that deal with economic issues, foreign policy and defense cooperation. These have been revitalized, and I think that is a good step.

Just before Turkey sparked this major uprising in Syria, Germany began approving major arms exports to Turkey again. Table.Briefings called it “a U-turn in foreign policy.”

At the joint press conference, Scholz praised a long tradition of cooperation between the two. “The German-Turkish friendship treaty is celebrating its 100th anniversary,” he said. This cooperation started when the Ottoman Empire and German Reich fought side by side in World War i and both lost their empires. Such history is not easily forgotten.

Today, Germany is committed to rapid rearmament while Turkey is becoming increasingly unpredictable. Both of these countries have high-tech military equipment, cooperate rather secretively, and have access to United States nuclear bombs. This should be alarming, especially if you understand Bible prophecy.

As Mr. Flurry explained in his 2011 article “A Mysterious Prophecy,” Psalm 83 reveals that Turkey (Edom), Saudi Arabia (Ishmaelites), Syria (Hagarenes) and Germany (Assur) will form an alliance. This alliance has not happened in history, but we are now seeing it form on the international stage.