“You are trying to drag Israel into the conflict, and this will not happen,” Barrack reportedly told Abdi, warning that such a move would bring destruction and risk friction between two of Washington’s most important regional allies, Turkey and Israel, the sources added.
Senior figures within the SDF have openly acknowledged contact with Israeli officials and expressed openness to support from any external party that could help protect Kurdish communities and their political gains.
“There are certain figures from the side of the Israeli state engaged in communications with our side… and if this conversation leads to support, we would be open to support… from any source,” Ilham Ahmed, a senior SDF official, told reporters on Tuesday.
Oh my god the hypocrisy. Israel was always involved. They occupy part of syria, bombed peoplw under the pretense of defending the druze
much of the downfall of assad came through israel too.
much
They stopped Hezbollah from entering Syria, thus speeding up the crumble, but it was clear that without Russian air support the government falling was only a matter of time.
If you were to check out the changes on ground from 2012 to 2014 you’d see that Iranian intervention didn’t change much, but right after 2015 (Beginning of Russian intervention) the revolution actually starts losing ground and fragmenting. Even the late Daraa insurgencies, where the government needed ground troops (The whole purpose of Iran’s existence in Syria) was handled by Russian troops. LOL
So, yeah: Hezbollah by itself may have delayed the Homs takeover, but I can’t think of many things that would’ve changed (maybe another massacre or two, but then what?)
Also, Israel just waited until the rebels took over and then magically knew where each piece of heavy military equipment was located and destroyed it all within like three weeks…
