Comme au Liban en 1976, Israël s’engage en Syrie
Israel maintaining intense intelligence activity in Syria and working with local villagers, report says -
Haaretz
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“Several Israelis who follow Syria closely said Israeli security forces had already been quietly working with villagers who support neither the government nor the rebels, supplying moderate humanitarian aid and maintaining intense intelligence activity,” The Times reported.
Israel has said it does not want to intervene in its northern neighbors’ civil war, but has maintained that it has the right to defend itself if attacked.
The New York Times report on Thursday indicated that Israeli officials have discounted the idea of a buffer zone in Syria, both because it would be seen as a major incursion into the country’s territory and spark immediate friction with Assad’s forces. The Times said that one idea being considered by Israel now was the creation of a “proxy force” inside Syria by arming villagers near the border.