{"id":37379,"date":"2025-03-31T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/?p=37379"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:43:30","slug":"israels-strategic-calculations-in-syria-military-escalation-or-regional-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/31\/03\/2025\/israels-strategic-calculations-in-syria-military-escalation-or-regional-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Strategic Calculations in Syria: Military Escalation or Regional Dominance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel has intensified its military activities in Syria following the fall of the previous regime. While its involvement was previously limited to periodic airstrikes, Tel Aviv has recently expanded its operations to include ground incursions into villages and towns in Syria\u2019s southern Quneitra and Daraa provinces. The Israeli government has justified these incursions as necessary measures to maintain border security and prevent potential attacks from Syrian territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Israeli interventions have gone beyond military operations. In recent statements, Israeli officials have openly called for maintaining long-term control over strategic locations in Syria, particularly in the south.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/30\/03\/2025\/a-source-to-963-sdf-and-turkey-implement-preliminary-truce-in-northern-syria\/\">Source to +963: SDF and Turkey Implement Preliminary Truce in Northern Syria<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Tel Aviv would not allow military forces affiliated with Syria\u2019s transitional administration to enter southern Syria. He insisted that these areas should be entirely demilitarized and hinted at plans to extend Israel\u2019s presence in the Golan Heights and adjacent buffer zones in Quneitra province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also issued a warning to Syria\u2019s transitional leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, stating, \u201cEvery morning when [Al-Sharaa] opens his eyes in the Damascus presidential palace, he should know that the Israeli army is watching him from the summit of Mount Hermon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israeli concerns extend beyond Syria\u2019s internal security landscape. Reports from Israeli media outlets indicate growing fears in Tel Aviv over a potential confrontation with Turkey, following increased military cooperation between Ankara and Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/963media.com\/en\/29\/03\/2025\/israel-turkey-rivalry-in-syria-is-a-confrontation-imminent\/\">Israel-Turkey Rivalry in Syria: Is a Confrontation Imminent?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military analyst Brigadier General Naji Malaeb, writing for the third edition of <\/span><b>+963<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine, noted that Turkey\u2019s role in Syria is not new. Ankara has long provided training and weapons to opposition factions, significantly contributing to the downfall of the former regime. He added that Turkey is now deepening its involvement, which raises alarm in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Malaeb, \u201cIsrael is operating on multiple fronts in Syria\u2014destroying remaining military assets, expanding its territorial control, and fostering internal discord among Syrians to ensure a weak and fragmented state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given Israel\u2019s expanding footprint in Syria, Malaeb argued that Syria\u2019s transitional government must strengthen cooperation with Arab nations and Turkey to counterbalance Israeli influence. He emphasized that stabilizing Syria requires a coordinated regional effort to bolster governance and rebuild state institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, reports suggest that Israeli forces have begun conducting advanced reconnaissance missions inside Syria using improved drones, reportedly capable of executing precision strikes and targeting key militia leaders in the country\u2019s south.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia has expressed increasing concern over Israel\u2019s ongoing military actions in Syria. Moscow has warned that continued escalation could trigger broader regional conflicts, especially as Russia deepens its military coordination with Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response, Syria\u2019s Foreign Ministry has condemned Israel\u2019s incursions as a blatant violation of its sovereignty and called on the United Nations to act against repeated Israeli aggression. Syrian officials have also criticized what they describe as \u201cconspicuous international silence\u201d on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the ground, Israeli forces have reportedly reinforced their positions in the occupied Golan Heights and expanded their presence in buffer zones. These troop movements have coincided with intensified airstrikes targeting military sites around the Syrian capital, Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel has intensified its military activities in Syria following the fall of the previous regime. While its involvement was previously limited to periodic airstrikes, Tel Aviv has recently expanded its operations to include ground incursions into villages and towns in Syria\u2019s southern Quneitra and Daraa provinces. 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