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Joel Parker

The regime of Bashar Assad has gone from holding 20 percent to more than 60 percent of what was originally Syria in the past two years, mostly under the guise of various cease-fire, de-escalation and reconciliation deals.
It was clear from the Pentagon’s initial response to the alleged Israeli bombing of Homs that America was caught off-guard.
In the big picture, Israel needs to realize that the key military power on the ground in Syria is Russia—a Russia that’s not interested in stopping Iran, limiting Shi’ite militias in Syria or rejecting the deal.