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Israel's Strategic Clarity in Syria
(NOW-Lebanon) Tony Badran - The Israeli raids provide much needed strategic clarity to the conflict in Syria: Israel is not about to let the balance of power with Iran change. In addition, Iran's ability to strike back has been shown to be decidedly limited. According to a well-informed source in Washington, "Israel can see anything that moves in Syria with all-weather satellites." Iran has seen Israel take out some of its key assets from Sudan to Gaza and Lebanon. Now, it watches as its strategic systems and personnel in Syria become targets for Israeli operations - not to mention exceptional intelligence penetration - which had no problems bypassing the Russian defense systems which Iran financed (and acquired for itself to protect its nuclear sites). The writer is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.