Israel’s air strikes and ground incursion in Syria were carried out with little risk to itself, says Carl Skadian from the NUS Middle East Institute.
Israel i soldiers sit atop an armoured vehicle near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israel i-occupied Golan Heights from Syria , Dec 7, 2024. SINGAPORE: In recent months, Israel has shown itself to be adept at creating, and exploiting, events in the Middle East to secure its interests.
In doing so, the IDF significantly lowered the risks posed to Israel from Syria, and ensured that whoever runs the country after Assad’s ouster will not pose a significant threat. As the past few months have shown, Israel is virtually unchallenged now. The United States has kept its foot off the brakes, and groups and countries in the region that could make life difficult for Israel have chosen to keep their powder dry and restrict their actions to pointless rhetoric.
The real danger posed by the extremely complex situation in Syria is that this jostling puts the country on a path akin to that taken by Libya post-Muammar Gaddafi: A failed, conflict-ridden state with little prospect for resolution.
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