Haaretz: To Push Iran Back, Israel Ramps Up Support for Syrian Rebels, 'Arming 7 Different Groups'
With the Assad regime's advances the civil war and America's reduced involvement in the region, Israel has been forced to make significant changes in its policies in the Golan Heights
The recent tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border have been mainly aerial. But due to developments in the Syrian civil war, real changes are also taking place on the ground in the Golan Heights.
The Assad regime, which has gained the upper hand in the war, is now focusing on aggressively attacking rebel enclaves east of Damascus and in the northern Idlib province. But it is also gradually bolstering its presence in southern Syria, including in the Syrian Golan Heights. And accordingly, Israel its altering its deployment to prepare for what’s to come.
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WNU editor: The Syrian war has entered a new phase .... I do not see how Israel can alter or prevent what is happening on the ground right now.
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