(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The aerial attack on Syria Tuesday attributed to Israel came less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the pullout of American forces from the country. Israel is signaling that from its perspective, it's business as usual. Despite Trump's announcement and despite Russia's fury about its Ilyushin plane getting shot down last September, Israel sees itself as free to continue attacking targets in Syria, when necessary. The attacks are focusing on the greater Damascus area, remote from northwest Syria where the Ilyushin was shot down.
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