Security sources tell MEE Israel wanted to keep Assad in power under Emirati tutelage while establishing military and strategic ties with the Kurds in the northeast and the Druze in the south
Yeah they literally spent zero buffer time ensuring the rebels wouldn’t be able to appropriate former military assets because a government that actually cares about the people and its sovereignty is obviously too dangerous for Israel.
The moment Assad left, they bombed every known aircraft and airfield because god forbid they even have an airforce made up of rusty 70s soviet jets.
On top of that, I’m pretty sure their land posture is like 27km from Damascus. They might as well own Syria with that leverage.
Yeah they literally spent zero buffer time ensuring the rebels wouldn’t be able to appropriate former military assets because a government that actually cares about the people and its sovereignty is obviously too dangerous for Israel.
The moment Assad left, they bombed every known aircraft and airfield because god forbid they even have an airforce made up of rusty 70s soviet jets.
On top of that, I’m pretty sure their land posture is like 27km from Damascus. They might as well own Syria with that leverage.