Israel Strikes Syria to Keep the USA in the Levant. 20 years After the Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon 2/3
Following its defeat in the second war on Lebanon, Israel discovered that its only way to suppress Hezbollah would be to close the supply line between Lebanon and Syria. That could only be achieved by removing President Bashar al-Assad from power, disrupting the “Axis of the Resistance” that extends from Tehran to Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Gaza….