Gee, then who might be the “problem” most vexing the new regime in Syria? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
In the immediate aftermath of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel moved quickly to destroy Assad’s military assets. They also seized the demilitarized zone along their Syrian border to prevent some of the Islamist rebel groups from starting a war. Those moves got condemnation from the UN and some Western countries that have nominal alliance with Israel.
According to the new regime’s governor in Damascus, however, it’s water under the bridge. Maher Marwan spoke to NPR as a representative of the new national government to emphasize that they want a peaceful co-existence with Israel. Even the destruction of military assets by the IDF was “natural” fear of the situation in the immediate aftermath of Assad’s fall, Marwan declared:
“Israel may have felt…
