Syria: A Farewell to Arms

As Bashar Al-Assad retreats to Russia, Israel races to destroy military assets — wiping out Syria’s air force, sinking its navy, and seizing the view from Mount Hermon.

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A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham at Damascus, December 10, 2024. AP/Hussein Malla

Everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. This chestnut could apply to Syria’s dreaded chemical weapons. Except Israel is systematically destroying President Bashar Al-Assad’s most feared weapons of mass destruction factories, along with the rest of the army Syria has built for decades with Moscow’s help. Rather than receiving thank-you notes, however, Israel is being pilloried for, wait for it, violating Syria’s sovereignty. 

“It is the responsibility of those who are taking the reins of power inside Syria first and foremost to secure and destroy any chemical weapons that they find in areas that they control,” the Department of State’s spokesman, Matthew Miller, told Al Arabiya. To the end, the Biden administration sticks to a fictional world where finger wagging would make more of a difference than action. No one yet knows who will rule Syria, let alone their intentions.

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