Syria’s Volatile Situation Poses Many Questions for Israel

The IDF moved to secure Israel’s demilitarized zone with Syria and conducted more than 300 airstrikes to destroy Damascus’s weapons and bases.

People gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square to celebrate, after Syria's army command notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad's rule has ended, in Aleppo, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. Karam al-Masri/Reuters

Events in Syria are developing so rapidly that Israeli strategists don’t want to make predictions. There are too many uncertainties.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has moved into Israel’s border areas with Syria and conducted hundreds of airstrikes to destroy weapons abandoned by the Syrian army, including its chemical ordnance.