Israeli attack intensifies Syrian anger, despair
Syrians on social media mock “right to respond”; US says Syrian rebels will not overthrow Assad; Syrian patriarch pleads for peace; Russia steps up diplomacy; Jumblatt sees no future for Assad; Turkey’s shadow government; Qatar and Turkey draw congressional ire over support for Hamas.
Syrians mock "right to respond"
Ben Caspit writes that Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah assets in Syria on Dec. 7 were part of a broader game of deterrence between Israel and Hezbollah, not an act of provocation.
“Israel as well as Hezbollah are not interested in an escalation. Neither side wants to be dragged into a comprehensive war and prefers a policy of containing the events, not escalating them.”
However, Caspit warns that with the current instability in the region, “a possible explosion is more imminent than ever.”
