Smoke rises after shells exploded in the Syrian village of Al Rafeed, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, as seen from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights (REUTERS/Baz Ratner).

Opinion

Israel’s Three Gambles in Syria

May 7, 2013, Daniel L. Byman and Natan B. Sachs

In the past few days, Israeli aircraft reportedly targeted Iranian surface-to-surface missiles headed for Hezbollah, as well as Syrian missiles in a military base in the outskirts of Damascus. Daniel Byman examines three reasons why these strikes are a gamble.

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