The United States, Israel, and Turkey are still bombing Syria
After a lightning advance by rebels and the rapid-fire collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government, great powers are jockeying for advantage within Syria’s borders. For the first time in years, the skies are empty of Syrian and Russian bombers, but airstrikes by Israel, Turkey and the United States continue.
The main U.S. interest in Syria now is the defeat of the Islamic State, which maintains a presence in the northeastern and central parts of the country.
President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes in Syria to keep the Islamic State from reasserting itself in the power vacuum created by Mr. al-Assad’s ouster.
Turkey now seems to be the foreign power with the most access and influence with the armed groups now in charge and in a prime position to pursue its own goals in Syria. That could mean further attacks against the Syrian Kurds, and the return of refugees who are currently in Turkey.
Israel has touted its actions against Hamas and Hezbollah as instrumental in the overthrow of the Assad government. But it is not clear that a new government in Damascus will make Israel any safer.
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After a lightning advance by rebels and the rapid-fire collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government, great powers are jockeying for advantage within Syria’s borders. For the first time in years, the skies are empty of Syrian and Russian bombers, but airstrikes by Israel, Turkey and the United States continue.
The main U.S. interest in Syria now is the defeat of the Islamic State, which maintains a presence in the northeastern and central parts of the country.
President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes in Syria to keep the Islamic State from reasserting itself in the power vacuum created by Mr. al-Assad’s ouster.
Turkey now seems to be the foreign power with the most access and influence with the armed groups now in charge and in a prime position to pursue its own goals in Syria. That could mean further attacks against the Syrian Kurds, and the return of refugees who are currently in Turkey.
Israel has touted its actions against Hamas and Hezbollah as instrumental in the overthrow of the Assad government. But it is not clear that a new government in Damascus will make Israel any safer.
#USA #Syria #Damascus #Turkey
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