Armenak Tokmajyan, a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, told L'Orient Today that Israel is likely trying to inflict as much destruction as possible, to delay the future Syrian army's recovery.
L'Orient Today / By Malek Jadah,
13 December 2024 19:57
Israeli soldiers near cease-fire line between Syria and occupied Golan Heights. (Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters)
During and after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria was under fire from multiple international forces, including American, Russian, and Israeli, with the latter launching what an Israeli security source dubbed as "the largest air campaign in its history against Syria" consisting of hundreds of airstrikes within a few days.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he "authorized the air force to bomb strategic military capabilities left by the Syrian army, so that they would not fall into the hands of the jihadists," and the Israeli army claimed to have hit "most of the strategic weapons stockpile" in the country.On Dec. 10, Israeli Defense minister Israel Katz, cited by AFP, said that the Israeli navy had destryoed the Syrian fleet "with great success." On Thursday, the Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay...
During and after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria was under fire from multiple international forces, including American, Russian, and Israeli, with the latter launching what an Israeli security source dubbed as "the largest air campaign in its history against Syria" consisting of hundreds of airstrikes within a few days.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he "authorized the air force to bomb strategic military capabilities left by the Syrian army, so that they would not fall into the hands of the jihadists," and the Israeli army claimed to have hit "most of the strategic weapons stockpile" in the country.On Dec. 10, Israeli Defense minister Israel Katz, cited by AFP, said that the Israeli navy had destryoed the Syrian fleet "with great success." On Thursday, the Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay...
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