Tel Aviv – The Israeli Air Force attacked the headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group in Damascus, Syria on Thursday due to the continued instability in the country after the overthrow of Al Qaeda-linked rebellion Bashar al-Assad.
After the fall of Damascus, December 8, 2024 Israel deploys troops The non-military buffer zone with Syria also launched a diplomatic offensive to shape the balance of power.
“The deployment of Israeli forces is concentrated around the Syrians [side of Mount] Hermon, the highlands of the region, is high above the northern part of the Syrian Golan Heights, more or less along the barbarian line rather than beyond [marking the end of the buffer zone],” Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a former IDF spokesperson and now a senior fellow at the Democratic Defense Foundation, told Fox News Digital Numbers.
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Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir visited and conducted a situational assessment in the field of separation in Syria. (IDF)
He continued: “The main threat is the ground invasion of the Israeli community on the Golan Heights. Various jihad elements. Until the political and military situation stabilizes, Israel can guarantee that there is indeed a sovereign entity in Syria, which will limit the methods of various terrorist organizations and that Israeli forces will deploy.”
While many global players may be willing to turn a blind eye to the Syrian massacre in a bid to resolve the nearly 15-year crisis, analysts say Israel has no such fantasy, prompting the IDF to have more than 300 strikes against Assad Air Base, including opposition to Assad Air regime bases and suspected chemical weapons sites.
Israel appeared to raise its stakes on Sunday when new IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir conducted a situational assessment with Syria’s buffer zone. Zamir was the first chief of staff to enter Syria.
“It is immediately when the regime falls [Israel] Devastating Syrian military capabilities to ensure some advanced capabilities and air defense capabilities [systems] Will not fall into the hands of the regime, and if Israel has any desire for future, it will be cleared [in] Syria,” said John Hannah, a senior fellow at the Jewish National Security Institute (JINSA).
Security forces are loyal to the back of vehicles traveling along the roads of the Syrian city of Latakia on March 9. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)
“They have [also] Set up checkpoints in certain Druze areas on the border [and] Announced that they are willing to protect Druze. Israel has a large number of Druze minorities, loyal and good citizens of Israel fighting in the army. Therefore, Israel has a deep concern and interest in ensuring that the Druze community is near its borders. [in Syria] Not affected by the threats and massacres we see on weekends [Syrian] coast,” he added.
About 1,000 AlawitesShia Islamic minorities, as well as many Christians, were murdered last week in coastal provinces of Taltas and Latakia. The murder is undoubtedly a matter of the new Sunni Islamic government led by Al-Sharaa, commander of Al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
The flag depicting then-Sirian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin and the flag reading “Justice” were displayed on March 8, 2022 along a highway in the Syrian capital Damascus. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)
Conricus said the Holocaust had validated Israel’s strategy, highlighting the persecution of the Alavis, Christians, Kurds and Druze populations posed a danger to regional stability.
He said: “There are many sectarian violence in various foreign jihadist groups.
“We know Hezbollah and Iranian factions continue to try to smuggle weapons into Syria, and Tehran is still trying to operate agents. This is exacerbated by the act of Turkish imperialism, which could lead to confrontation,” he added. “I think trying to put the border defined by the French at the end of the World War is a challenge for the Syrian country.”
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On February 7, 2023, Syrian Idlib was a former Al Qaeda terrorist and current Syrian interim president in Ahmed Al-Sharaa Hayat in Idlib, Syria. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)
Jonathan Spyer, the research director of the Middle East Forum reported in Syria, told Fox News that the goal of Jerusalem is to keep Syria dispersed and weak, rather than unite under the leadership of the jihadist forces.
“Türkiye is a major supporter of HTS, Israel sees Ankara as a hostile country, and Hamas has an active operational office. Türkiye has been supporting Hamas during the war,” he said.
“Although Russia opposes the US-led global group, which is part of Israel, there is no direct conflict between the two countries. Russia does not Seek obstacles Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran in Syria. ”
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People gathered in the air with guns waving to celebrate the fall of the Syrian regime in Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria on December 8, 2024. (Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)
In 2015, Russia represented the Assad regime in Syria and established outposts in the Middle East since the end of the Cold War. Jerusalem and Moscow have created a reversal mechanism to avoid the IAF strikes on Iranian terrorist assets in Syria and Iranian terrorist assets originally scheduled to be Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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“HTS is a familiar organization in Israel. It is in Assad [Hamas’] October 7 [massacre] and oppose Israel and Jews. ”
He added: “Israel’s experience before October 7, before October 7, that during the Gaza War, Israel taught Israel that there would be no illusions about Sunni Islamists.”
