The Syrian regime’s distancing itself from the Israeli war in Gaza is understandable, due to the cold relations between it and Hamas, and the unfeasibility of military support for the Resistance due to the geographical distance. However, the Syrian regime’s distancing itself from the Israeli massacre against Hezbollah and its supporters raises many question marks for those who have not closely examined the regime’s policy over the past five decades. Since the era of Hafez Al-Assad, the Syrian regime has adopted a policy of the art of the possible, and playing on the margins available, regionally and internationally, with a high-level political sense of risks. This makes it retreat and resort to its usual strategy based on going through the […]
