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Which Turk will be the first to wonder how weakened Russia will have to be before one can begin to see NATO membership as superfluous?
Experts: That's why Israel is carrying out hundreds of attacks in Syria. On Tuesday morning, Israel carried out over a hundred airstrikes targeting military bases around Syria. During the operation, the Syrian military fleet was destroyed, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. The last 24 hours have also targeted a research center in the Damascus area and at places where chemical weapons and long-range missiles are suspected to have been stored.
In total, there have been over 300 Israeli attacks since Sunday, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, SOHR. "It is very clear that Israel does not want advanced weapons to end up in what it calls hostile hands," says Anders Persson, political scientist. Watch the feature on SVT News.
The Syrian regime has fallen: What does this mean for the Kurds? The Kurdish-dominated SDF alliance's rule in northeast Syria is facing challenges after the change of power in Damascus, writes the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its Monday update on the conflict.
Protests and clashes have taken place in several Arab-majority cities along the Euphrates, according to Arab media. In the provincial capital Deir-Ezzor, it is reported that SDF forces on Monday shot dead several people during a demonstration to hand over power to the jihadist group HTS, which spearheaded the revolt against the dictator Assad.
The SDF is supported by the United States and played a crucial role in the war against the terrorist group ISIS. Watch the feature on SVT News.