5 minutes agoWhy did Israel conquer Syria's highest mountain only hours after Assad's fall?
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(a year ago)Israel did not lose time after Bashar al-Assad's fall to bomb all Syrian military assets that wanted to keep away from the rebels by hitting about 500 targets. But it is the grasp of Syria's highest peak, Mount Hermon, which may be one of the most stable prices ʹ, though [...]
But it is the capture of Syria's highest peak, Mount Hermon, which may be one of the most stable prices, although officials have insisted that his conquest is temporary.
“This is the highest country in the region, looking at Lebanon, Syria, Israel”, said Efraim Inbar, director of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS).
“is extremely important strategically”, he added.
It is known that the top of Mount Hermon lies in Syria in a buffer zone that divided Israelite and Syrian forces for fifty years until last weekend, when Israelite troops took over.
By Sunday, the country was patrolled by UN peacekeepers, writes CNNHe's following in on Telegrafie.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered on Friday the army to prepare for the difficult conditions of winter delocation.
Because of developments in Syria, it is of great security importance to maintain our control over the top of Mount Hermon”, he said in a statement.
Israel conquered the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria that approaches Mount Hermon in the 1967 war.
Syria tried to regain territory in a surprise attack in 1973, but it failed, and Israel annexed it in 1981.
The invasion is illegal under international law, but the United States recognised Israel's claim of Golan during the Trump administration.
Israel has held several lower slopes of Mount Hermon for decades, even has a ski resort there, but the peak remained in Syria.
“We do not intend to interfere with Syria's internal affairs”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video several days after Israel bombed hundreds of Syrian targets and invaded the demilitarised buffer zone.
“but we certainly intend to do everything necessary to take care of our security”, he added.
Mount Hermon is an outstanding asset under Israel's control.
At 2,814m, it is higher than any point in Syria or Israel, and second only to one peak in Lebanon. /Telegrafi/
