After the announcement of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the Israeli army announced on Sunday that it had deployed in the demilitarized buffer zone of the Golan, in southwestern Syria, on the edge of this plateau. occupied and annexed by Israel.
The power of Bashar al-Assad collapsed on Sunday in Syria in the face of the dazzling offensive by rebel groups led by radical Islamists, which ended half a century of unchallenged rule by the Assad clan and plunged the country into uncertainty. In Israel, leaders were caught off guard by the scale and speed of events.
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Israeli army deploys in Golan buffer zone
Intelligence agencies had not envisaged such a rapid and total victory for opponents of Bashar al-Assad's regime. As a matter of urgency, several concrete measures were taken. According to foreign media, Israeli aircraft bombed chemical weapons warehouses in the vicinity of Damascus to prevent them from falling into the hands of Islamist elements of the rebellion.
The IDF has also considerably strengthened its presence in the Golan Heights and the border area between Israel and Syria. Another major development, the buffer zone between the two countries is invested by Israeli units for the first time since 1974.
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Warnings have been issued to now former Syrian rebels. No armed men are allowed near this area. There is therefore great concern in Israel. It is linked to the Islamist, even jihadist, affiliation of a good part of the new masters of Syria even if the ouster of Bashar al-Assad is considered a reason for satisfaction, it completes the weakening of Iran and of its allies, the main enemy of the Hebrew State.
