WhatsappSyrian Dictator Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa aka Abu Mohammad al-Julani moved his HTS/ISIS army to the Lebanese border to attack Hezbollah there. A full battle then ensued between Hezbollah along with the Lebanese army against the Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense promised continued escalation against Hezbollah: “A group of operatives from the Hezbollah militia kidnapped three Syrian army soldiers, dragged them to Lebanese territory from Syrian territory and executed them.”
In retaliation Syrian forces fired at the Lebanese village of Qasr, causing the Lebanese army to fire back into Syrian territory. The battle between the two continued to heart up the next day.
Israel has been preparing for the chaos between Lebanese armed forces and the Syrian Jihadist army insisting that not only the IDF stay in southern Lebanon, but continue to attack both Hezbollah positions throughout Lebanon as well Islamic Jihad bases in Syria. Israel’s government views both of the actors in Syria and Lebanon as enemies of Israel and the Jewish people.
Both Syria and Lebanon are increasingly growing more unstable with their complex multifaceted societies being torn apart in sectarian violence. While still far fetched, Israel may have to off the Druze and Maronite Christians of Lebanon the same deal they did with the Druze of Sweida in Syria. The only way to ensure protection for the Christians and Druze in the Levant is for Israel to extend its military over sight over the entire area – southern Syria and the whole of Lebanon.
