5-10-18 Why Iran and Israel Are Clashing in Syria - Sewell Chan New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/world/middleeast/israel-iran-syria-explainer.html?action=click&module=Ribbon&pgtype=Article

 

...Mr. Sachs [Natan Sachs, director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution] said fighting between Iran and Israel in Syria is likely to continue.  "This back and forth — an Iranian attack on Israeli posts on the Golan and a widespread Israeli response against numerous Iranian targets in Syria — was not a one-off flare-up or a case of hot heads prevailing," he said. "This is part of a structural conflict unfolding between Israel and Iran in Syria."…

 

 

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

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