While the U.S. Mulls a Response to Syria, Iran Mulls a Response to Israel
When red lines converge.
April 13, 2018
While the U.S. Mulls a Response to Syria, Iran Mulls a Response to Israel
When red lines converge.
On April 7, the Syrian government unleashed a massive chemical-weapons attack on a rebel enclave. Two days later, there was a strike on its T4 airbase—used primarily by Iran—that destroyed several unmanned aircraft and left fourteen dead, including some Iranian soldiers. Israel is thought to have carried out this strike, although Jerusalem, in keeping with its usual policy, remained mum. Thus, write Assaf Orion and Amos Yadlin, America’s expressed desire to keep Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons has converged with Israel’s determination to restrict Tehran’s presence in Syria:
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