Davoud Ahmadzadeh, in an interview with the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, stated: “Among the most important reasons for the Israeli regime’s attacks on Syria are preventing the establishment of a strong central authority, the fragmentation of Syria if possible, and the annexation of more areas of Syria other than the occupied Golan to the occupied territories.” Regarding the latest aggression by the Israeli regime, Ahmadzadeh explained: “In its latest aggression, this regime attacked Beit Jann. This attack was under the pretext that some supporters of Hamas were there, so in several villages, with armored brigades and complete encirclement, they tried to capture armed groups in a way.”
Ahmadzadeh believes that another reason that can be cited for the Israeli regime’s efforts to create a turbulent and unstable Syria is this regime’s competition with Turkey. He added: “Turkey is among the countries that supported the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group, and its overt support led to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government. The competition that has now arisen between Turkey and the Israeli regime over gaining more influence in Syria has become a factor causing Tel Aviv to attack Syria intermittently. The pretext of the Israeli regime is to prevent the establishment of any military base by Turkey in Syria.”
Ahmadzadeh, in response to the question of how long these attacks will continue, said: “What is clear is that the attacks by the Israeli regime have intensified in recent weeks. One of the reasons is the lack of reaction from the Ahmad al-Shar’ government, which is trying to engage in peace and reconciliation with the Israeli regime through negotiations and diplomacy. Therefore, it has not shown any reaction to these attacks.”
He added: “During his trip to the White House and negotiations with Donald Trump, Jolani received assurances that the Israeli regime would not attack Syria again. However, even after these negotiations, the Israeli regime continues to seek to destroy Syria’s remaining military capabilities and strives to turn Syria into a weak, fragmented, and fragile country. Because the Zionist regime fears that the establishment of any central government in Syria and an independent authority in this country could be considered a source of threat to the regime.”
Ahmadzadeh, in response to the question of what the Arab world’s perspective is on issues related to the Israeli regime, explained: “If we summarize the Arab world in Saudi Arabia and aligned countries, some of these countries have joined the Abraham Accords, such as the UAE and Bahrain, and some are also secretly approaching the Israeli regime through American mediation. These countries only limit themselves to condemning these attacks in a media manner. Even Egypt, which has military capabilities, has not reacted in any way to this extensive aggression that this regime carries out against Syria, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip.” According to this expert, because there is no common approach from Arab countries to respond to these aggressions, this very issue has caused this rogue regime to expand aggression in the region by defying all international laws and peremptory norms.
Ahmadzadeh, referring to the idea of forming Greater Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates by the Zionist regime, continued: “Since Islamic governments are suffering from differences and discord, and the Israeli regime sees full support from Trump behind it, after the 12-day war and recent developments in the region, it is trying to advance its military objectives with the situation that has arisen.”