Analysis of Syrian Conflict and Israeli Presence

Hello, you are in our neighborhood.

At first glance, this might look like just another ordinary afternoon in Syria.

But what we see here are rocks that residents of the buffer zone

across the border in the Golan are scattering on the roads to disrupt IDF forces

and prevent them from passing.

And it must be said, this is a daily sight.

While we are all busy with what is happening in Lebanon and Iraq,

and rightly so, it is time we

pay attention to what is happening in the Syrian arena.

It seems our presence in Syria has become permanent.

In Israel, they say that withdrawal, as the Syrians want,

is completely out of the question.

But with the presence on the ground also come the challenges.

Friction between local residents in the Syrian Golan and IDF forces is increasing,

sometimes still at a low intensity.

And there are already those who dream of settling in southern Syria,

even at the cost of risking their lives and those of IDF forces.

Now look, there is no doubt that

the new regime in Damascus is a problematic client. It has a jihadist past,

Turkish backing, and a very problematic attitude toward minorities.

But when it comes to the struggle against the presence of Iran and Hezbollah,

he is actually on the same page as us.

Just in recent days,

Syria thwarted major weapons smuggling intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Not out of love for Zion, of course,

but to show governance and wink at the Americans, who, across the border,

hate Hezbollah no less than we do.

And yet, it seems that when it comes to the situation in southern Syria,

tension on the ground is only rising.

There is no shortage of extremist elements there.

So are we turning southern Syria into the new southern Lebanon, with Hezbollah,

the Sunni version?

Maybe it's time to recalculate our route in Syria?