The ‘silent pact’ behind Syria staying out of the Gaza conflict
Its conspicuous absence is a glaring failure of Iran’s strategy that envisaged a coordinated response of all its partners in the axis of resistance.
Perhaps the Syrian government’s worst-kept secret has been its exploitation of the Palestinian cause.
At the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October last year, while some suspected that Syria could join the war against Israel and open another front, none of the Syrians I had been in touch with believed President Bashar al-Assad would become a party to the conflict – especially not on behalf of Hamas.
Foreign Policy
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