US, Israel and Turkey Launch Airstrikes in Syria After Cheering Regime Change

Assad’s ouster doesn’t end foreign intervention in Syria

By Jason Ditz

Several nations have been loudly cheering the weekend regime change in Syria (some are even taking credit for it). But despite the Islamist faction they were backing ending up taking Damascus, neither the US, Turkey, nor Israel are actually stopping attacks on Syrian territory. If anything, they are increasing strikes.

The US, Turkey and Israel all carried out airstrikes inside their respective spheres of influence in Syria after the regime change was announced. None of them indicated that these are to be seen as one-off strikes or a special situation. Rather, it appears to be the new normal, which looks suspiciously like the old normal.

On Sunday, Israel was carrying out major airstrikes across Syria, and also sent ground troops into the country to seize more of the Golan Heights. They insisted the new territory was a “buffer zone,” and have couched the airstrikes as targeting Syria’s military assets.

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