In Israel's Golan Heights, residents can see smoke rising from the Syrian village of Ahmadiyah. Baz Ratner/Reuters
Assaf Uni, Newsweek: Inside Israel’s Secret War in Syria
It was a random, friendly encounter between a soldier and a convicted terrorist. In February, Sudki al-Makt was driving through the Golan Heights, a mountainous plateau that Israel has occupied since 1973, when he arrived at a military base near the Syrian border. An Israeli soldier came out to ask him to turn around, and the two struck up a conversation.
A resident of the Golan and a supporter of Syria—Israel’s longtime enemy—al-Makt, 48, spent more than two decades in prison for plotting to attack Israeli military bases. Three years ago, when he was released, he allegedly intended to help the Iranian-backed Syrian regime in Damascus and its Shiite Lebanese ally, Hezbollah. The Israelis, he believed, were working with Sunni Islamist rebels across the border, and al-Makt allegedly set out to prove it.
WNU Editor: It does not take a genius to know that Israel is watching, spying, forming alliances, sharing intelligence, and making daily assessments on the situation in Syria. Does this also involve providing assistance beyond medical and humanitarian .... including weapons and intelligence .... I would be surprised if it was not.
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